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Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] invocation - Joe Long

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:56:06 -0700, "Maddy Smart" <menageriecloud9@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I personally don't have any objection to an invocation, just as long as it 
isn't very specific as to which God etc. But what if the RM doesn't want an 
invocation?
Madeline-NW

Then they don't have one.  No ride is *required* to have an invocation; in fact,
few rides do.  I've never mentioned it before this discussion, as far as I know
it's never come up on Ridecamp before.  I jumped in when a couple of people
demanded that rides not ever have invocations.  I'm  defending what I see as a
harmless practice that some of us find beautiful, that IMO adds to the ambiance
of a ride.  If you've never been to the start of an Old Domion, it is a moving
experience (and not just because of the invocation, although that helps).

I understand that a few people are offended by it, although I frankly do not
understand why they find it so offensive that they object to it.  I believe the
majority should not have to suffer for the objections of a few.

My take on these things is summed up in the line I've been closing these posts
with:

Live and let live.

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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