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AustHerps
at Tue Aug 23 08:48:22 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by AustHerps ]
Points noted, and thank you. Also note the manner in which they were delivered - appropriately. I do have a great respect for all hots (and indeed all snakes) - an awe and admiration for their sheer capabilities and evolution.
What my main point is in all of this is that some are too quick to judge others. I see that there is great controversy in the states about the legality of keeping hots, and note that some are acting to protect their ever-diminishing rights. They don't want to see someone get tagged, and they don't want to see the media's spin on it every time it happens, and its effects on the law.
But, at the same token, if people are too quick to judge, then just in these very boards, worlds of possibilities close for individuals who are replied to unfashonably, who come here for help, and are shunned off just as quickly. Now that is elitist.
In the end, is it fair to turn someone away, who has done the smart thing - seeked out knowledge?
Perhaps it would be better to make those who don't seem ready understand the views held about them in an empathetic tone (and not a condescending one) understand those very views. And, whatmore, to help eradicate any reason for those views in the first place through education.
If certain people here bit their tongues for just a second, they could see what i'm talking about. Yes, some of the people here are experts, and that is the very reason newbies come here. So don't turn them away.
Aaron.
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- me again - amayon, Mon Aug 22 18:24:39 2005
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Frank, Rob - AustHerps, Tue Aug 23 08:48:22 2005