Squirrel Girl wrote:Yowsa! A) Though there are a number of highly difficult personalities in caving, I disagree on your assessment of the NSS. I've got other things to do, or I'd type up with the many good things it does.
B) A few years ago, I purchased a couple hundred acres of NM rocky desert. I has a road that leads to USFS land, though that is closed to motor vehicles. I have tons of trespassers, and it makes me really mad. I put a gate across the road and added a "private road" "No Trespassing" sign and someone stole my gate! People trespass all the time. I absolutely, emphatically find trespassing abominable!
Hey there. I'm not bothered in the least by the difficult personalities in caving. My assessment of the NSS comes from the perspective of one who didn't know the NSS existed until after many years of caving, who then joined and got involved to some small extent, and who then saw that the mission statement was hollow and that the organization was of little personal or ecological benefit. So I quit giving it money. I do appreciate many of the books the NSS has published, and feel that a national caving library is a very worthwile thing. Other than that, I'm unimpressed or discouraged by it. But I don't need to attack the NSS piece by piece. Besides, I think I've already done that here before. Most importantly, there are lots of very kind and high-quality people involved with the NSS, and I don't wish to attack any individuals.
I wonder why trespassing is abominable to you? This is an honest question. I think it involves some cultural mutation of values, and you are in a prime position (as owner of a "large" amount of non-commercial land) to give me some perspective I would truly value.
Thanks