>Gimme a break.  Your emotions are hangin' out girl, not your common sense.
>Absolutely NOTHING you said has ever been substantiated.  Making these
>broad statements does more harm to fuzzydom than good.  Deal with
>facts..not what you have heard that sounds true.  Unless you have seen it
>with your own eyes, and have first hand, provable knowledge, anything you
>say is simply heresay.
 
I really have no position on this MF thing.  However, I am curious why you
found it neccesary to come down so hard.  Please don't be offended, this
person was obviously distraught and well-meaning.
 
Actually her statements about shorter lifespans and more illness prone have
been echoed by some ferret-experienced vets.  In the world of academia, a
fact is a piece of information that everyone can have equal access and
discourse to, and in many cases, "expert opinions" are recognized as
reference material and can be sourced.  I think these vets certainly
qualify, don't you?  I agree they could be wrong and it just may be a case
of more exposure to MF ferrets, but for now, expert opinions still bear some
validity.  I am certainly not qualified to argue nor have I amassed a wealth
of data to debate with their years of experience and education, are you?
And great for the ones that are.  I would be happy just listening to the
experts dook it out.
 
Some would argue all "facts" are simply lies waiting to be discovered.  But
how do two hyperbolic, rhetorical statements make a right?  To slam those
who bring information [good or bad] to the table will only inhibit all new
or controversial thoughts, ideas, and inputs.  I am not comfortable with
that, are you?  I think we all deserve to see it all, without any
intimidation.  So why not give her a break?  I really see no reason this FML
should be a souce of antagonistic, personal shots, do you?  I am really
hoping you receive this in the way it was meant to be delivered.  Why might
it be neccesary for BIG to quell this argument?  Perhaps some of us forget
to conduct ourselves in a civil, normal tone.  Do we need to get our wrists
slapped?  I for one, hope we can all progress past that.  Look, I hope this
does not come off maternalistic or paternalistic, its just that I hope we
are all capable of taking a higher road no matter how difficult that may be.
 
best wishes to EVERYONE!
 
alphachi
 
ps where's Rodney King when you need him?
[Posted in FML issue 1817]