"D McKenney" wrote in message
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I know a lot of loggers and the ones I know are fine men. They work hard,
love their wife and children and are otherwise decent people. In fact, I
also know a lot of Ivy League well to do people. If I had to choose
between
two picnics, one with loggers I know or a second with the Ivy League
types,
I would choose the former.


Loggers are less prone to use propaganda and the party line, as most
foresters do- so concerned with their phony idea of professional behavior.
Here in Mass. you can hardly ever get foresters to discuss reality. Loggers
are good at discussing reality.



I thought twice about dignifying the post that 'all loggers suck' but I
couldn't let the good men I know and have known be so disrespected. One
should never disparage a whole group of people based on the actions of a
few. Judge people as individuals on the content of their character and the
actions they take not by the actions of others who might share the same
profession.

Loggers are in the business of cutting trees down, they don't usually make
the big decisions- they usually aren't responsible for the really bad stuff
going on out in the woods- it's more often the foresters, lumber companies
and idiot state burreacrats with idiot state laws that allow and help to
create the naughty stuff. Loggers are just trying to get by. Blaming them is
like blaming the foot soldiers when a battle is lost- don't blame them,
blame the officers and politicians.


ddm, Consulting Forester