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[RC] The sport as we know it - k s swigart

Paul Sidio said:

We don't know what might happen if the public,
including other equestrians, were actually able to
watch Endurance Riding. Don't worry, it is very
unlikely that this would forever destroy the sport
as we know it:)

Personally, I wouldn't completely count on this.  There are HUGE
advantages to "flying below the radar."  One of them being that you
don't have to explain yourself to virtually ignorant people.  It can
sometimes be very easy to create the wrong "public" impression because
rest assured, there is no way to package it so everybody will be able to
see everything just by letting "the public" watch.

I strongly suspect that were the participants to start having to overly
concern themselves with what casual observers are seeing any time they
decide they might like to glance over and watch, that those same people
will start obsessing about appearance perhaps to the detriment of
reality.

There is nothing I hate more than being around a bunch of people who are
obsessed about appearance.  Invite people to "watch" and you will start
the participants worrying about how they "look."

No thanks.  It may change the sport more than you might first think.

kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)


"If the end justifies the means, everybody is justified." John G. Beck,
PhD



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