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natsamjosh
at Thu Apr 30 06:50:37 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by natsamjosh ]
No doubt the response from the reptile community was an amazing thing, and everyone is to be congratulated. Nothing can take away from that.
However, why rest? Why have a purely reactive strategy for the longer term? IMO, that's a recipe for failure. Why aren't we blitzing the media with letters and phone calls to expose the truth behind these AR wackos and corrupt government "scientists?"
The AR wackos are proactive, why aren't we?
>>A lot of us spread the word through emails and forums, sent our own letters, and urged others to do the same. And we called, and called, and called on the phone.
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>>Now we are reading the forums, waiting to hear what the next attack will be and how to best fight it. Some of us are thinking about what we did last time, and how to even better the effort next time, and the time after that, and the time after that. We know that it will never end - unless they kill our hobby / industry altogether.
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>>There isn't a lot to say at the moment. I have read all of the above with great interest, and am discussing it with both herper and non herper friends who just believe in freedom.
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>>We (American herpers) are semi resting now, but when the bell rings, we will all come out swinging..
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