Peggy, I couldn't agree with you more! The United States is a free country! Not that it's relevant in this case, the opinion of the list administrator is. I'm sure she will advise me if my opinions as a pet owner are not allowed. Until then, it's free speech for all! Barb Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I think the point (no matter who's trying to make it) is this. > It is NOT the people who don't jump on every bandwagon who are the namecallers. > On the contrary, anyone who doesn't swarm to have the latest health tests is > condemned out of hand by those of you who test everyone for everything......just > because some people don't want to do as you do, you express your hurt feelings at > the same time as you infer that we don't test at all. > I, for one, think that such jumping to conclusions about one another, and the > frequent screams of self-defense when one doesn't agree with another, are mighty > boring. > I also think that people who don't breed should not enter into discussions > between breeders....on the other hand, my definition of a breeder may not be the > same as yours. To me, having a few litters doesn't make one a breeder........... > Don't bother, please, to start screaming again that your feelings are hurt, this > is still the United States of America and we are entitled to disagree. Inferences > that people who don't shout their health test results to the world are not testing > at all are very much unwelcome. > Also, as someone who has bred dogs for years without having (so far) the dire > results everyone is so terrified of, I don't really want to have someone who NEVER > bred anything telling me how to breed my dogs. > I don't tell you how to raise your children, keep your home, cook your dinner, > or any of the other things that are none of my business. We ALL want healthy > dogs. I personally know NO ONE who doesn't do health testing. Why every > discussion on this list turns into a name calling contest is beyond me...it doesn't > happen on my other lists, and we are much more vehement on those lists..... > We only get into trouble when we are led by fools. We are all exposed to the > same educational materials. If we can't disagree, we will never improve anything. > EGO has not much to do with it...why we have to be insulted simply because we > disagree is beyond me. > Peggy ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
