RE: [RC] Regarding the Mongol Derby - K. Riordan - Terry Banister
So what exactly is the real complaint here, that the horses will have too much support or not enough?
Well, for my point, I offered the Humm-V suggestion for the benefit of the people who were concerned that the ponies wouldn't have enough support. But I am glad to find out in the process that my real problem is jealosy. I have never realized that I was "jealous" of people who exsploit animals (animals with insufficent size, training and conditioning for the job) to boost their own ego. IMHO, These so-called "Adventurers" could obtain just as much glory by doing the treck on foot.
Terry "May the Horse be with You"
> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:25:31 -0700 > From: katswig@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [RC] Regarding the Mongol Derby - K. Riordan > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >From: Terry Banister ebeyrider@xxxxxxxxxxx > > >Maybe the Mongol Derby could have Humm-Vees riding > > alongside passing out water, like they do in Dubai 100-milers. > > So what exactly is the real complaint here, that the horses will have too much support or not enough? > > Personally, I don't think that the real source of the complaints comes from concern about horse welfare at all, and that it most of it can be attributed to downright envy. > > But envy is such a univerally recognized vice (it is, after all, recognized as one of the seven deadly sins) that few people are willing to admit, even to themselves, that envy is the real source of their complaints so they feel the need to dress it up as self-rignteous concern about "horse welfare" or some other welfare. > > The envy positively drips from the Long Rider's missive on "Quislings in the Barn." > > > That way, if the horse has a problem, they could radio their coordinates for help. > > From its very inception, the Mongol Derby (through its planned provision of Emergency Locator Beacons), has intended participants to be able to "radio their coordinates for help" that is what Emergency Locater Beacons are solely designed to do. There is NO other reason to have one; they don't do anything else. So what? People in trouble or with horses in trouble will be able to stop and call for help. God forbid. > > I just don't get it. People are complaining that not enough has been done to ensure horse welfare, and then people are complaining that too much might be done to help the participants that it is no longer an "aventure." > > But if you stick envy in as the motivation for the complaints, then it all makes perfect sense. > > kat > Orange County, Calif. > :) > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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