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[RC] Extremely disappointed (was: Mariposa Protest, etc.) - k s swigartDebbie Ekhaml said: Clifford Sies, in my opinion needs to be assaulted. and I know that my boyfriend just attended his first ride as my crew and had he seen that, would have not been as contolled as Mr McDonald. He would have followed him through that hole in the fence until Sies dropped from exhaustion. I think jabbing with spurs and beating would have been appropriate after he dropped. and Janet Palma said: I think the rider of that horse deserved to be pounded and I don't feel a bit sorry for him. I can't help feel Patrick should get a prize. He just did what we all felt like doing. I must confess that when I read the protest in this month's EN, I was extremely disappointed by the light "slap on the wrist" that Patrick McDonald got for his self-acknowledged blatant abuse and unsportsmanlike conduct towards another rider and non-rider, and if _I_ had been on the protest committee he'd have gotten disqualified from the ride (assuming he finished it) and a suspension along with his "censure." I am even more disappointed by the above statements by Ridecampers (but now better understand the light punishment meted out by the P&G committee). It would appear that I am the only one who had drilled into me in my childhood that bad behaviour on somebody else's part does not excuse bad behaviour on my own part. I am thoroughly disgusted (and this is one of those times that words fail me so I am resorting to understatement) that anybody thinks it is "okay" (or worthy of being given a prize) for assaulting (if he chased him through a fence he assaulted him, whether he actually struck a blow or not) and/or abusing ANYBODY at an endurance ride. If that is the way that people really feel (with the outcome of this protest, it appears to now be the "official" position of the AERC), it is almost enough to turn me off the sport completely. I really DON'T want to play with a whole bunch of people who think that Patrick McDonald's behaviour was even close to acceptable, let alone praiseworthy. I am disapointed by the number of people who seem to be willing to condone abuse, just because it wasn't a horse that was abused. kat Orange County, Calif. :( "Le meilleur que je sais les hommes le plus que j'aime mon cheval."--Catherine the Great =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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