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[RC] what's in a name? - Lauren/Gary"Howard Bramhall" <howard9732@xxxxxxx> WRITES: Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] DILUTE NOT cya, Howard (I'm not trying to call it "endurance," LL, I'm just trying to call it "something other than limited") Howard, Don't know where your sensitivity to "words" originates but frankly, I don't know what you find so offensive about the word "limited." If it makes "you" feel better, perhaps AERC can come up with a different nomenclature for this distance. Maybe we should re-name "LD" "Express Distance" or "Express Ride." Or, how about "Endurance Lite?" Does that maybe "sound" better to you? Given enough input I'm sure the collective membership could come up with a name that would soothe your sensibilities. Language can obviously be VERY meaningful at times. However, I got over "labels" a long time ago. I have a Mentally Retarded daughter. Do I find that terminology offensive......doesn't matter........it's accurate. It doesn't matter whether I call her mentally disabled, developmentally disabled, mentally challenged or just plain "my daughter." She is what she is and a "label" or different words aren't going to change anything. Oh, but that's not "politically correct." I realize that some people are way to sensitive to "words" and in all my volunteer work with Special Olympics and a therapeutic riding program I do use the "politically correct" terminology in an attempt to be non-offensive. Does any of that change my daughter's IQ.......nope. Personally, I don't know what's so offensive about it anyway. If I call an apple an orange does it make it an orange? It seems that everyone wants an "immediate feel good" reward and some kind of public acknowledgement of their accomplishment(s). Isn't there anyone left who has enough self-esteem to be personally "rewarded" in their endeavor? It seems that too many people need to have their ego stroked. Lauren Double 8 Ranch Cody, WY ============================================================ They're athletes! This is a partnership between horse and rider - we don't have any jockeys out there, just pals and partners. We'd allow a rider with a broken foot, a sore back and a nasty cold to compete - but we would never let a horse in a similiar condition hit the trail. ~ Dr. Barney Flemming DVM ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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