- To all my friends and future friends in SLAGA, First I would like to apologize publicly to Paul and all the past officers for the rather ill worded email I sent a month or so ago regarding paying dues in SLAGA. It was not my intention to malign anyone I was just voicing my opinion regarding becoming a dues paying organization and I spoke rather rashly and did not express myself very clearly. SLAGA is a fantastic organization and I support it 110%....I am still debating paying dues but if that is what everyone else wants and thinks is necessary then I will send mine in as well. I included this here because I found out later that some of the reaction I got to my email came from it hitting the website at the same time as the subject of this email. Made me understand more and I took a hard look at what I wrote and then apologized for it. Secondly, I agree with the opinions I have seen expressed so far....an organization cannot and should not be held responsible for the actions of it's individual members....each of us has opinions and beliefs that may be different from those of others in the organization and we also have a right to express and live by them. Jim if you disagreed with what was being said then you should have talked with that individual and not blame an entire organization for it. I have met a LOT of the members of SLAGA and for the most part I have found them to be a great bunch of human beings and for the most part very very tolerant and it is far from a hotbed of racism and intolerance and for you to make that claim is absurd and ridiculous. Lastly, I would like to point out that while racism etc is boorish and crude and not "politically correct" . This is a free country and being the liberal that you are I am sure that "free speech" is on your list of "RIGHTS". Then you need to extend the same courtesy to anyone else wanting to express an opinion (including racists, hatemongers and everyone else) whether YOU personally agree with it or not it is there "Right" as a citizen of this country. Dan (Thunder) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw