It often seems that for every 10,000 people who appreciate and enjoy a site there will be 1 who will mark, distroy or disfigure it. I think that was Jimbo's point.
That was it exactly, PABPRES. Would that there should be "only" one!
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The euphemistic warning was merely to dodge the speech police. The newspapers in my area were not so circumspect! The "Fitness Trail" is now a laughingstock, although some of us still discreetly enjoy it as designed...)
That and also the reality that a highly publicized disaster, however well-intentioned, would disgrace
all knotters. We have enough problems with PR as it is, what with the BDSM crowd putting up nigh as many knotting sites as the salty crowd does... Recall, if you will, that knotting was once a capital offense, if some church leader saw you cleverly kinking cord! (
I often wonder if they hung, drew, or garrotted people for "working knot magick"...)
But also, more personally, if there
is such a place, on this lonely rock, in the 21st Christian Century, where one can develop nifty, useful public facilities without regard to misuse, abuse, or punitive lawsuits,
I want to live there!! And I will gladly supervise, as I said, such a display!!
Regardless, I salute your efforts, and do indeed wish you the Very Best of safe, happy instruction!! I truly hope your display is the most popular feature of the museum!
J
