Chances are it was built years ago by someone's kid brother (or kid) 
and never updated. At least they didn't use <blink> tags.

The question becomes would you (in the generic sense) be doing the
public a service by updating the site, or should the site reflect the
resort's condition.

larry

On 7/18/05, Jason Lemahieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I went camping/rafting this past weekend, at this "resort":
> 
> http://www.thorntonsresort.com/
> 
> 
> I checked the website last week before we left, and I was appalled at how 
> ugly it was.  It is really just god awful, and reminds me of some of the 
> first websites from years and years and years ago.
> 
> After going there, though, I realized this may actually be the best way for 
> them to tell you what kind of establishment it is.  The place was a hole in 
> the wall.  The bus (that they let us drink on) that drove us to the river 
> *barely* made it (there were times we were rolling backwards down hills 
> listening to the engine struggle).  The bathrooms were out of soap and a lot 
> of the fixtures didn't work.  When we checked in, the guy was so trashed he 
> pretty much told us to drive around until we found Site G-7, cause he 
> couldn't remember where it was.
> 
> So the question is - should their website be just as shitty to present this 
> image?  Would a decent looking site with normal navigation and not overloaded 
> with stupid clipart/backgrounds be misleading?  Should the look get a little 
> better, and the information presented more clearly, but be given text like: 
> 'rustic', 'laid back', 'real shit-hole'?
> 
> 

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