Fwd: Why Join???

[Michael Fox <michael.fox@xxxxxxxx>]

Forwarded from Dave Brill

>From: E4WBrill@aol.com
>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:23:49 EDT
>Subject: Why Join???
>To: qualey@gateway.net
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>   This is why someone joins a group like the Sierra Club.... NOT to do
>clean-ups or trail building work days...most people join a "green" group to
>become politically involved.  Why did you join a 4x4 club? To attend meetings
>to learn how to defeat green groups?? You probably joined to learn more about
>your vehicle and how to use it responsibly and really enjoy and protect our
>public and private lands... You probably really enjoy nature and destroying
>it is not your plan...  You may even get annoyed when you see someone
>littering... Most don't join 4x4 clubs to become legislatively active.
>  Well... go visit the attached web site... You'll see that the greens join
>NOT to be with others who enjoy nature but to be political and do what ever
>they can to keep only themseleves in the forest and no-one else... They
>mention hunters on the site as people allied with them... They want to turn
>hunters, fishermen, etc.. against us...saying we are only out to destroy
>nature... When most hunters and fishermen drive to thier favorite place...
>via old back roads, dirt trails etc...  Just go to the site...you'll see what
>I mean....   Thanx... Talk soon, Dave Brill
>http://www.wilderness.org/standbylands/orv/conference040700.htm