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larwyn

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  1. I'm sure that geocaching brings a few people into the woods that otherwise would not be there. Personally I have been wandering around and exploring the woods regularly since I was a child. If the only reason you go in the woods is to hunt a geocache, I can understand why you might think that any human sign you find indicates other cachers but there are many other reasons for people to be in the woods. Bent grass and a few broken twigs are not damage to my way of thinking. I have only hunted about a dozen caches so far and with the exception of a couple of micro's, I could spot them from quite a distance because something just looked out of place. Mother nature will never neatly stack bark and limbs on top of her Tupperware, and camouflaged ammunition cans do not occur naturally near the root ball of fallen trees. I will admit that I have seen a bit more trash on the trails since I started looking for caches so it could be true that the increased traffic contributes more to that problem, especially on the easier trails. Less so once you get onto the game trails where it takes a bit more effort to progress and not bleed all over the thorn bushes and such. I do not need to be reminded that I have limited experience geocaching, these are my observations based on the experience I do have.
  2. I am a Veteran, and don't see a problem. I too sometimes have trouble identifying an agenda, but realize that the guideline isn't aimed at any particular group. The nice thing about 'no agenda' is that we don't have to worry about it either way... we don't know if the cache owner is pro or anti-whatever, and shouldn't. There are plenty of ways to remember or salute or reject whoever for whatever outside of geocaching. If you really must express an agenda do it with a Travel Bug, it will be seen by a lot more people than a cache will anyway! I'm not out to promote an agenda. I expressed my view of the discussion here, I suppose "muted and uninformed" is one way to deal with a problem (ignorance is bliss) and the "no agenda (except)" is a means to make that happen.
  3. I do not believe that my statement was in any way vague. I understand.
  4. I hate for this to be my first post, but I feel too strongly on this matter to keep quiet on the subject. As a veteran I am actually more offended that the original poster was not allowed to ask that you take a minute to reflect...., than I would be by an anti-military cache description. I certainly have the right not to read about or search for a cache if it has an offensive agenda. Or even to search out an anti-military cache and leave pro-military swag... I would much rather hear you say that you do not like the military than to hear you say that I cannot ask others to take a bit of time to think of those who have died for our freedom, and your right to stand up against me and mine.
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