[AlpacaTalk] Re: Fwd: Hey Elwin!
I'm all for free discourse! I'm a skeptic too and I know there are
things being hidden, but I also don't think that the path to change
is to cry foul and ask that everyone write to the FTC.
Ryan
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
wrote:
>
> True enough, Ryan, even quoting a beloved American humorist
doesn't
> make a great leader. But my mission in keeping this group open all
> these years despite limited membership has been to offer an avenue
of
> true open speech and hopefully no censorship. So far, since the
group
> has been very small I've been able to remain very "hands-off," I
hope
> it can stay that way. I strongly believe that we need access to
all
> points of view, as much information as we can accumulate, and as
great
> a dissemination of any information as possible. I have said many
times
> and strongly believe that information is power. We need and
deserve to
> know what's going on in our alpaca industry and especially behind
the
> scenes. I want to know what machinations are at work, and who is
> conducting them. I'm not naiive enough to think that there isn't
stuff
> going on that some people do not want known... I think that one
said
> cooperative that claims to be working for the entire industry
should
> really be more transparent in their business. Why shouldn't they?
> What's the big secret(s)?
>
> Again, just my inquiring mind...
>
> Heather
>
>
> On Oct 15, 2007, at 6:02 AM, fortryan wrote:
>
> > Quoting a great leader does not make a leader great. Neither does
> > calling the people that one wishes to lead greedy, gullible
> > dishonest and/or cheaters.
> >
> > I am against involving a government agency in settling disputes
> > within the practices of our small industry. If our calling is
to be
> > the change we wish to see in the world, then the answer is not
to
> > cry foul to our regulators, but to be an agent of change in our
> > industry, our organizations, and ourselves and not to spread
> > distrust and fear under the pretenses of dualism. This is not
> > an "us vs. them" struggle. There is only us.
> >
> > "We have met the enemy and he is us." -- Walt Kelly
> >
> > Ryan
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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