Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Fwd: Hey Elwin!
If this were a cable company or something else a bit
more important to the rest of the world (not alpaca
fiber processing) then some federal agency would be
looking in to what is going on.
Stephanie
--- fortryan <maasrj@netzero.
> 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
> <alpacatalk@
> 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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