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This discussion takes me back to my academic days. It was common 
practice for the instructor to post the exam grades on the outside of 
his/her office door so the students coud find out the results prior to 
the next class if they had a desire to do so. Most students though this 
was great, and some did nothing but whine about it. "What are you trying 
to do, punish me, diminish my self esteme, sentence me to a life of 
psychiatrisc care," was the cry of some. It reached fever pitch about 
finals time. It was actually funny to hear all the fluming, fussing and 
gnashing of teeth by some people over this practice.

Sorry, the nonsense about hidding the reason for a pull falls in the 
same whinning category. In reality I suspect they really want is to 
eliminate the non finishers from the list in the ride results. Face it 
it doesn't matter if it is "DNF", "RO", or "L" - it's a pull. Sorry, 
it's a non starter and considering all the important issues in the AERC 
it is a pimple on a flea's behind.

Truman

Sisu West Ranch wrote:

> Of course, compassionate persons do not want to "punish" owners of  
> pulled horses, but the repeated posts claiming that RO has been used 
> to disguise L and M pulls, indicates that there has been a perception 
> amoung a significant number of riders that an L or M on the AERC 
> website does punish them.  In this case perception is reality.  If you 
> feel punished, you are.
>
> Ed
> Ed & Wendy Hauser
> 2994 Mittower Road
> Victor, MT 59875
>
> (406) 642-9640
>
> ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx


--

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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