From: Matt poot (mattpoot@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat May 14 2005 - 00:33:57 BST
excellent.
>From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>To: moq_discuss@moq.org, owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk
>Subject: MD A Man of Values
>Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 17:33:12 -0400
>
>Hi All,
>
>I ran across an old clipping today that I thought you might enjoy.
>
>In answering a journalist's question "Why do you go fishing every day?,
>the author reveals a set of unique, yet in many ways, universal values.
>
>"I fish because I love to. Because I love the environs where trout are
>found, which are invariably beautiful, and hate the environs where crowds
>of people are found, which are invariably ugly. Because of all the
>television commercials, cocktail parties, and assorted social posturing I
>thus escape. Because in a world where most men spend their lives doing
>what they hate, my fishing is at once an endless source of delight and an
>act of small rebellion. Because trout do not lie or cheat and cannot be
>bought or bribed, or impressed by power, but respond only to quietude and
>humility, and endless patience. Because I suspect that men are going along
>this way for the last time and I for one don't want to waste the trip.
>Because mercifully there are no telephones in trout waters. Because only
>in the woods can I find solitude without loneliness. Because bourbon out
>of an old tin cup always tastes better out there. Because maybe one day I
>will catch a mermaid. And finally, not because I regard fishing as being
>so terribly important, but because I suspect that so many of the other
>concerns of men are equally unimportant and not nearly so much fun.
>
>--- Judge John Voelker, Michigan Supreme Court, author of "Anatomy of a
>Murder."
>
>Best,
>Platt
>
>
>
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