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k s swigart wrote:
> Like most voting, voting with your feet is better at effecting change if
> you can get other people to vote with you.  HAD you gotten on Ridecamp
> and spread your beliefs around and caused other riders to elect not to
> enter, you would have been more likely to get the ride manager to change
> the course in the future.
>
> THIS is what I meant by stating that sometimes publicly complaining can
> be an effective method of provoking change, and yes, it requires time
> and effort to do so.
>   
It is called politics. One person "voting with their feet" does little. 
A large number accomplishes quite a bit. Not trying to effect change 
that needs to be effected has a simple word to describe it - apathy. 
Apathy is a lazy person's response.
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
> While I agree that decending to personal attacks about ride records
> (which went both ways, btw, and Bruce "attacked" Jim's record
> first--although "he started it" is a pretty childish whine) can have the
> unintended consequence of discouraging non-participants in a debate from
> what would otherwise be preferred behaviour at endurance rides for fear
> of having their records discussed publicly, it is also true that if one
> wants to be convincing in public statements it is sometimes necessary to
> highlight the past experiences that the people making the statements are
> speaking from.
>   
Yep and completely inappropriate for a public forum.
> With respect to the stigma associated with having to have your horse
> treated at a ride, this stigma is a two-edged sword.  Yes, the stigma
> associated with it may discourage people who have horses that need to be
> treated from having them treated; however, the stigma associated with it
> may also encourage people to be more careful in how they ride their
> horses so that they won't have to have them treated.
>
> The current effort to remove the stigma associated with having your
> horse treated at a ride, if successful, may have as many unintended
> consequences (i.e. people may become more cavalier about overriding
> their horse to the point where it needs treatment) as having a stigma
> associated with it.
>
>   
I would hope it would not come to that. However, I had some concern with 
the way the article was written. Every treatment is invasive. There has 
been more than one horse that has developed problems from an invasive 
treatment. While if a treatment is necessary it should be pointed out 
that they are not risk-free.

Truman
--

“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


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