Scolding you?? Hardly.? As Heather mentioned, we are all adults, we can treat each other with respect, and as Toni mentioned, we can appreciate and deal with our differenced like adults (thats a bit of a paraphrase, but was what I got out of her post).? And as I said in the below quote, I should have kept my mouth shut.? The thing that made me jump in on this subject was the bashing part, not the who part.? I have nothing against Rick, but its not like we have dinner every week either.? Bash anyone, and I'm likely to jump in and tell you it makes you look bad.
I think I have mentioned several times in the last 3 days that I haven't been on AS for a long time - I wasn't even aware of the month long moderator thing.? I started scouting around on Wednesday or Thursday last week because when I tried to log on I got a "no activity in the last 7 days" message, and was unable to search the archives.? That is about all I do with AS now, and scan the digest to see if there are any ALPACA RELATED subjects being discussed.? Like worms and e-coli, which I had to treat for.? This kind of discussion does me no good.
Heidi Christensen
WingNut Farm Alpacas
Graham WA
(253) 846-2168 or (253) 592-0200
www.wingnut-alpacas.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Stardust Alpacas <stardustalpacas@yahoo.com>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, 10 May 2008 8:41 pm
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Fwd: Current status of group
Heidi,
First, this site is supposed to be about ANYTHING in
the alpaca industry and its participants and not have
topics or people be censored to appease certain
persons. Please stop scolding us.
The other thing is that I was not present on AS
because I long ago got sick of it. I did not see the
fall out with Rick and am wondering what happened. You
may have been reading all the posts on AS, and that is
fine, but I didn't, so what is old news to you, may
not be for the rest of us.
In my last post, I actually stuck up for him in my own
way, trying to say that most of us are guilty as some
point or another (and more times than that) of being a
jerk or saying things we shouldn't. That is human
nature. Some people are more passionate than others
and some wake up on the wrong side of the bed.
We have a show that we are attending this weekend so
we have not been sitting in front of the computer.
Other people have things to do and are not watching
the posts roll in on the screen. It may take a day or
more for a response. Just because a post is answered
the next day or more doesn't mean that it is being
dragged on and on. It just means that they have other
things to do and are responding to posts when they
have the chance.
Stephanie
--- Radched@aol.com wrote:
>
> Too bad this thread has continued, but it gives me
> the opportunity to say what I should have said a
> couple days ago.? Bashing another person reflects
> badly on those doing the bashing.? The more you
> bitch about Rick, the more people are going to think
> badly of you all.
>
>
>
> While Heather isn't participating at this point, I
> have two words for her (and Stephanie, I am sure you
> remember this also)
>
>
>
> -Stephen Kent-
>
>
>
> I find the Rick bashing interesting, after that
> episode.? Like I said, I have gotten on his bad side
> also, but cleared up the problem and got over it.? I
> didn't go to other sites and say how stupid the "no
> advertising" rule is on AS.? What on Earth good
> would that do other than to get my blood pressure up
> and ruin my sleep?
>
> I probably should have kept my mouth shut in the
> first place.? After all, you are all free to
> complain about whatever you want to complain about.?
> But that doesn't make this group very useful to
> people who are looking for information on alpacas.
>
>
>
> Heidi Christensen
> WingNut Farm Alpacas
> Graham WA
> (253) 846-2168 or (253) 592-0200
> www.wingnut-alpacas.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stardust Alpacas <stardustalpacas@yahoo.com>
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, 10 May 2008 2:38 pm
> Subject: RE: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Fwd: Current status of
> group
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Allison,
>
> Do you know what Judy Root said? I was not tuned in
> to
> AS, so I missed it. From my experiences with her, I
> have a feeling it wasn't very good!
>
> Past behavior is a predictor of future behavior.
> True.
> I know I have pissed people off before and there is
> a
> pretty good chance I will do it again sometime! But,
> when you try to censor people from saying things,
> then
> you are wrong.
>
> I was put on perma-moderate on AS because there was
> a
> farm that had all their alpacas killed. Everyone
> else
> was being understanding and comforting to the
> person.
> They were rallying to get the sheriff involved and
> the
> dogs shot. I made a mistake by saying that the farm
> owner is ultimately responsible for the dog attacks.
> It is every farm's responsibility to keep trees away
> from the fence line, keep gates secure and fencing
> adequate. If these things are not done, then you may
> have a problem. I was not being sensitive and
> caring,
> but just stating the real cold, hard facts of the
> matter and thus I was put on moderate. Now, my posts
> are completely ignored and I get a message from
> Yahoo
> saying that my posts are deleted after 14 days when
> the moderator hasn't looked at them.
>
> This will not be a Rick free zone, unfortunately.
> Heather makes it a point to let everyone be heard
> regardless of POV. Democracy and education on
> AlpacaTalk!
>
> Stephanie
> Stardust Alpacas
>
> --- Allison Moss-Fritch <aemoss17@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > AYE,
> >
> >
> >
> > To be honest, I don't think Rick's behaviors, as
> > moderator or "posting
> > guest" would differ. We are taught in Judge School
> > that the best predictor
> > of future behavior in adults is their past record.
> > How sad!
> >
> >
> >
> > Especially since the post clean slate behavior.I
> > have been told..has
> > included "purging" the archives of all the old
> Judy
> > Rootie Tootie posts..
> >
> >
> >
> > That, IF true, and the source is reliable in my
> > book, means that he's still
> > trying to modify reality to suit his needs.which
> is
> > not a benchmark for
> > success at AS!
> >
> >
> >
> > So I come here to learn more of important
> political
> > issues. When this all
> > started.I automatically set up my original
> response
> > to Rick to also post to
> > A-politics.and it took 2 days to show up In my
> > folder for that site, so I'd
> > bet I'm moderated there. Now, I'm not a
> "moderator"
> > of that site either.but
> > we know who is.
> >
> >
> >
> > Allison E. Moss-Fritch
> >
> > New Moon Alpacas
> >
> > Santa Clara, CA
> >
> > 408/248-3581
> >
> > http://www.newmoonalpacas.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of Radched@aol.com
> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 7:06 AM
> > To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Fwd: Current status
> of
> > group
> >
> >
> >
> > LOL Aye!? Saw Heather's post first, so I already
> > broke a rule -?ROTFLMAO!
> >
> > Ok, again, anyone with crias due soon?
> >
> > Heidi Christensen
> > WingNut Farm Alpacas
> > Graham WA
> > (253) 846-2168 or (253) 592-0200
> > www.wingnut-alpacas.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stardust Alpacas <stardustalpacas@yahoo.com
> > <mailto:stardustalpacas%40yahoo.com> >
> > To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:AlpacaTalk%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thu, 8 May 2008 9:53 pm
> > Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Fwd: Current status
> of
> > group
> >
> > He put me on perma-moderate on AS over a year ago.
> I
> > finally changed my preference to read-only, so I
> > don't
> > have to listen to the daily BS anymore and the
> rules
>
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