Steven Kendrick/UK [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>From: Neil Francis, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>ATTENTION MEMBERS OF THE BASC
>> YOUR CHANCE TO CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BASC
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>-----------------
>>Neil Francis
>>Trowbridge, UK
>--
>I point out that we take no official editorial position on this; I'm
>just passing along the concerns of those named above.
>
>Steve.
>
As Steve says, he takes no editorial position on this. However, I
shall have nothing to do with any proposal promoted by Neil
Francis.
>From his many written communications, some of which we have
published, I conclude that Neil is an anti-fieldsports campaigner
whose objective is to undermine and weaken the United Kingdom's
two largest and most effective shooting and fieldsports
organisations.
Neil seems to have a particular grudge against John Swift, under
whose leadership BASC has added tens of thousands to its
membership. Gradually - perhaps too slowly for some, too quickly
for others - John Swift has changed BASC from the sleepy
duck-hunters' club of the 1980s into a mass membership
association which represents and safeguards the interests of all
who enjoy shooting sports.
Arguably, there may have been a few misjudgements over the years
- I happen to think the recent fracas with the gamekeepers'
association over "national pigeon day" was poorly managed - but
John Swift's BASC has shown an encouraging capacity to learn from
such incidents. John is highly respected by his counterparts in other
mainstream shooting organisations, including the NRA of America.
As for Neil Francis, I attach below a few quotes which indicate
where he stands on shooting and fieldsports:
Rgds, Peter.
--
Peter Jackson
Cybershooters admin. & fieldsports editor
On Saturday, July 17, 1999 7:24 PM,
Neil Francis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>
>When are you going to campaign for the re-introduction of dog fighting,
>badger baiting, cock fighting, bear fighting (re-introduce bears to
>fulfill). All used to be OK - Funny how these passtimes were in the realm
>of the traditional working classes and are now illegal whereas fox hunting
>has always been inthe traditional realm of the ruling classes and is still
>legal.
>
On Sunday, July 18, 1999 11:42 PM,
Neil Francis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>
>> The baiting of wild and domestic animals was a cruel spectacle
>>for gamblers
>
>I could say the same about fox hunting and many people do. If you want to
>kill a fox take a rifle, go out and do it. I have done no 'fox hunting' and
>have no intention of. I have shot foxes though. There is so much bullshit
>spouted by both sides of the fox hunting house. What annoys me the most is
>that (lately at least) more of it seems to be coming from the hunters. The
>same old emotional rhetoric which you have been criticising the anti's of
>is being spouted more and more. The ecology, the jobs, the poor hounds and
>horses which will have to be killed. It doesn't wash.
>
On Friday, July 23, 1999 9:40 AM,
Neil Francis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>
>John Swift I dislike intensely in his role as BASC top man. In 1989,
>at the BASC AGM, Colin Greenwood proposed a lot of motions to try and
>drag BASC into the real world. We had just been shafted by the Tory
>government on SLRs and the pathetic fight the organisations put up
>was enough reason to try and get the largest shooting organisation to
>support all the shooting activities.
On Thursday, February 26, 1998 12:35 PM,
Neil Francis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>
>Sounds like a good time to visit the countryside then. Ah yes -
>Peace and quiet without the landowners and country folk messing
>it up. ;-)
>
>From: N. francis
>Sent: 27 January 1997 11:52
>To: MICHAEL PIERRON
>Subject: Paranoia, They are out to get you!!!
>
> I honestly think you shooting chaps have delusions of grandure
>(sic.). I don't think many people give a toss about shooting.
>Whether it goes or not it is not exactly football or cricket is
>it. Despite your statistics that x million do it every week
>nobody would actually notice would they.
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