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ectimaeus
at Mon Nov 23 12:39:51 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ectimaeus ]
It appears clear that this subject may not ever be laid to rest. As long as there are persons out there that do not have a problem "deceiving", we will not be able to "trust" without some source of pure evidence. Even a person's good name will be questioned if the evidence supports questioning. Ric, I am sure you are already thinking that way. I do not believe anyone is actually questioning your trustworthyness or integrity but, instead maybe the others that fall into the equations. In some cases it may not be hard to be deceived. I can remember back when I needed to pair up a hard to get locality snake, I would have believed the devil himself had he told me he had the mate I could buy. I may not have asked for proof, and so goes the issue. It was not me deceiving but being deceived and then perpetuating the problem unknowingly.
Ric, you are absolutely right when it comes to remembering things from the past. I myself never thought, back when I was out collecting 30 years ago that I would end up finding so many alterna or even thought about documenting them. Most of the critters I found and think about today, I could take you to the cut and in some cases even the ledge I found them on. I could not show you a picture or a page in a ledger though. I empathize with you and others that have had so many alterna over the years that are probably in the same boat. Given what we know now, maybe we would have done it different. So, bottom line is that the newbies will have to do one of two things, "trust our word" or come up with their own evidence to dispute our word. Right or wrong it is a decision they will have to make to believe. I think several of us know each other and our reputations well enough for us to get along. The others will just have to fend for themselves. There are enough of us that have years of actual experience in the field and in the snake room that we may be able to do some detective work to root out the deceivers. IMHO Sometimes I wonder if some of these topics are started just to see if they can get our blood pressure up and to see if their thread will be the "longest".
My best advice for everyone is to keep trying to be as honest as possible about our findings, breedings, tradings and sellings. When a spade needs to be called a spade, speak up!!!! I will and I challenge each of you to do the same. That may be the best way to oversee our hobby. "Blind Faith" does not work here and it should NOT.
ECT
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RE: A QUESTION..... - ectimaeus, Mon Nov 23 12:39:51 2009