[pct-l] Hiker rescued near Snow Creek/Fuller Ridge was
Ground Pounder
groundpounderbill22 at verizon.net
Sun May 15 17:25:05 CDT 2011
"How's Your Trail?" Just in at 8:25 this morning 5-15-2011 from
www.swrnn.com south west riverside county news a hiker was resqued at snow
creek of dehydration. This guy was from a Scandinavian country, so maybe he
passed the fountain on the trail at the bottom or is it still there? This
sounds crazy, check out the story and please your expert opinion and
Remember "Be Prepared" Ground Pounder Bill "Semper Fi"
-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of greg mushial
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 10:44 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiker rescued near Snow Creek/Fuller Ridge was
> Message: 12
> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 15:19:17 -0700
> From: "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiker rescued near Snow Creek/Fuller Ridge was
> NOT dehydrated
> To: "'Guthrie Nutter'" <guthrie.nutter at gmail.com>, "'Melissa
> Rexilius'" <melissa.rexilius at hotmail.com>
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <001901cc1284$f7594eb0$e60bec10$@comcast.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Let's be SURE it was food poisoning and doubly SURE that the alleged
> Mexican
> place was the source before we start calling them out in public. Libel
> laws
> apply to email too.
If the standard in this country for either libel or slander is "reckless
disregard for the truth," one might be guilty of spewing garbage about an
eating establishment, recounting an incident that is not representative, or
turning an establishment against hiker-trash that was previously willing to
help... but neither libel nor slander (by the standard of the law) has
occurred by naming said establishment. Saying that if you eat at X you will
get sick and will feel like dying (without any knowledge of such) - that's
libel; but to say that I ate at X and the best I can tell it was what I ate
there that caused me to get sick and require a rescue - that's not. The
question then becomes: is it more important/a higher value to warn other
hikers of a possible problem, or, to possibly defame an establishment that
might have been previously helpful, with the expectation they will ceasing
being such?
TheDuck
_______________________________________________
Pct-L mailing list
Pct-L at backcountry.net
To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
List Archives:
http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
More information about the Pct-L
mailing list