[ SHOWGSD-L ] PAWS debate Dr. Holts response
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- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:13:15 EDT
PAWS debate Dr. Holts response
> Jim Holt asked that this be cross posted:
>
> Dear recipient:
>
> I have informed Ms. Gettis, secretary of the North Carolina
> Federation of Dog Clubs, that I will NOT participate in the program
> they are organizing on September 3, 2005.
>
> When I was invited by representatives of the Raleigh Kennel Club to
> speak in Raleigh on September 3, I was asked to speak about the PAWS
> legislation and answer questions from fanciers, much like I had done
> a few weeks earlier for the kennel clubs of Northern Virginia, and
> which I have done in several other venues since then. I was not
> asked to participate in a debate, and I certainly had no reason to
> believe that this event would devolve into the circus atmosphere
> that now surrounds it. I agreed to conduct this program with the
> expectation that this would be an opportunity for fanciers to come
> and hear an explanation of the legislation and why the AKC was
> supporting it. I certainly expected to receive questions, including
> pointed ones, as I have on other occasions when I have spoken about
> PAWS. I have no problem with that. I also do not have a problem
> responding to Ms. Cindy Cooke's views on the PAWS legislation in
> person in an appropriate venue, as I have recently done in writing
> in Dog News. But I do not believe the AKC or the fancy is well
> served by a circus, with groups organizing blocks and
> demonstrations, fighting over venues, fighting over format,
> threatening lawsuits and hiring lawyers, organizing security, and
> the other hallmarks of an event spun out of control that have filled
> the internet over the past week.
>
> I have informed the North Carolina federation that I am willing to
> come to North Carolina and participate in an appropriately formatted
> educational program where fanciers can learn, ask questions, and
> receive the best and most accurate information available. I have
> informed them that I do not object to sharing such a program with
> another presenter who does not agree with the AKC's position, so
> long as this person is an honest broker and is an informed
> participant. In my view, such a program can not be organized by
> September 3, nor could it succeed on that date in the current
> atmosphere.
>
> I fully realize that my declining to participate in this event will
> be portrayed by some as the AKC running from a fight or unwilling to
> confront criticism. Those of you who know me and the AKC staff, and
> know what we have been through the last couple of months, know that
> such a charge is completely untrue. You know that we firmly believe
> that the path on which we are embarked is the right path for the
> sport of purebred dogs and the future of the AKC and you know that
> we have been fully willing to respond to honest inquirers and
> critics in fora and venues that are appropriate.
>
> Since I do not have access to the multitude of e-lists on which the
> discussion of this event has occurred, I would appreciate recipients
> posting this commentary on all lists that you feel are appropriate.
>
>
> Permission to cross post granted
>
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