Jim

Upon reading your post I used the boards profile feature to scan through many of Salmo G's previous posts. I, by no means, find his posts agenda oriented, nor do I feel he is trying to promote the views of NMFS or any other organization.

Most of his posts provide first, information that seems lacking in the particular subject matter at hand, none of which I have been able to refute. Second, he provides his opinion or his own evaluation of a situation, and clearly states it as his own. Whether I agree with him or not, I always feel I have more ammunition to make a decision. I do not feel he is trying to mold my thinking in any way, something lawyers are good at (its their job).

I completely disagree with the notion that people with important things to say should do so only if their willing to provide names and other personals. A few have done this on this thread, fine; but to demand or require it? Uh uh.

Lastly, I feel a substantial agenda in your post. You obviously disagree with him on the Cowlitz issue and disagree with NMFS, so for the express purpose of weakening any credibility he has with this board, you have exposed personal information, provided his employer, attributed an agenda, and accused him of posting only to further that agenda. I don't agree with everything NMFS does, but your post is one of the most political things I have ever read on this board.

Bob Ball requires registry to keep the board clean and free of game playing, to the benefit of all. As a result, this is the most informative forum on fishing that I have experienced. However, personal anonymity and privacy are not broached to the point of feeling exposed to anyone with a modem. To expose personal information to literally millions of people all over the world, just because you don't like the policies of an organization is about as wrong as it gets.