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Truman - you have been making a lot of snide remarks during this 
discussion, remarks that fan the discontent of some and in no way 
contribute to the understanding that SHOULD be the goal of a discussion 
as serious as this one.  This is your latest:

> Hopefully the LD riders remember who supported them and who didn't
> over the next couple of years.

You are implying that RMs who do not cater to the desires of LD riders 
are not supporting them when in fact, as Bruce said, it is the RMs who 
keep in mind the abilities and attitudes of all the entrants to their LD 
rides that are really supporting those riders... not the ones who just 
drop to their knees and give the riders what they want.

This remark is also a threat.  "Give us what we want or we'll boycott 
your ride and you'll be through!"

I hate blackmail and blackmailers.  If a rider thinks that an RM's 
reasons for failing to have a BC are invalid, sure, he can vote with his 
feet and ride elsewhere.  But if the rider can understand WHY the RM 
does what he does, why should he boycott an otherwise great ride, ONLY 
because it doesn't offer a BC?

The bottom line for a great many in the West Region is that if AERC 
would just remove the requirement that LD BCs use Endurance rules, 
including only the Top Ten, they would be happy to participate in the 
national program.  It is the racing aspect that scares them.  Remember 
all you newbies, American Endurance started out here.  We made all those 
darn mistakes first and in spades.  We KILLED HORSES, far more in just a 
relatively few *races* than the HWC dealt with in any of the last few 
years.  And we DO give BCs, just not Top Ten BCs.  So you see, it is 
AERC that is refusing to give our region's LD riders recognition, not 
our RMs.

As Bruce said, know the history, and you may realize that "progress" is 
sometimes just a path already taken, perhaps unsuccessfully.


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