Re: Awards Ceremony

["Michelle Eddy" <meddy@rcvideo.com>]

I'm a newbie and don't usually post to ridecamp but I agree with Lynette in
that I too would feel upset if booed and hissed...probably would have to
take 2 paxils that night!!!  :)  I think having some kind of ceremony here
in the US would be a wonderful idea!!!  Can that be a reality?

Michelle Eddy
C & M Equine Rescue
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9036/
Friendly, WV

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> From: Lynette Helgeson <helgeson@lansford.ndak.net>
> To: Angela C. McGhee <rides2far@juno.com>
> Cc: riding101@hotmail.com; truman.prevatt@netsrq.com;
ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: Awards Ceremony
> Date: Sunday, December 13, 1998 10:23 AM
> 
> Angela,
> They may have been good about reporting, but the fact remains that they
> booed her. Not only is this very rude but can you imagine how that made
> Val feel. Put yourself in her place. If I had work very hard to
> accomplish something and at 52 years of age had accomplished something
> as great as a gold metal and then at an awards ceremony you were booed
> and hissed it would be very disheartening. Maybe you are all better
> women then me, but if that had happened to me, I would be somewhat
> upset. Too bad we can't put on an Awards Ceremony here and let the whole
> USA team and individuals know all of once just how very proud that we
> are of them for bring home the individual gold and the team silver. Now
> that would be deafening! 
> 
> Lynette
> It is going to be 50 degrees today and I'm going riding. And my 7 year
> old girl, Kate is grinning because she is going with me. She is going to
> be riding one of those crazy wild Arabs of mine. :-)
> 
> 
> Angela C. McGhee wrote:
> > 
> > >Considering some of the more extreme elements in the mid East, she is
> > luck that it was only booing. Sad but true It's a good thing
> > >none of our ladies understand their language as I'm sure lots of >ot
> > nice things were said about them.
> > 
> > Oh come on, ya'll aren't being very culturally understanding.  I
remember
> > when Maggie Price quoted the headline when our all women team won in
> > ...was it Italy?  It was something like "LasAmazonos Americanos" or
> > something like that.
> > 
> > Think about it, some poor fellow has had it drilled into his head that
> > he's better than women...then he gets beat...women CAN'T be better than
> > he thought, so he must be much worse than he's supposed to be.  Could
> > require counseling...maybe even viagra to get over it.
> > 
> > Give'em a break.
> > Angie
> > 
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