Hi everyone! Well, by the time this post reaches your mail box, it will be the LAST day of the Lost Ferrets Online Treasure Hunt! Please visit http://www.geocities.com/lostferrets/contest.html for more information! In regards to breeders bashing other breeders. First of all, I think stating an opinion is perfectly acceptable. And their are several people on this list who's opinions I regard very highly, and would like to have the use of in weighing my own. (Along with facts, etc., of course, I'm not just going to take anyone's opinion as canon.) It may seem to some that a breeder who states a negative opinion about another breeder is just trying to hurt their competition. However, I believe the particular breeders to which Dee is most likely referring have more scruples than that. Also, stating an opinion has no reciprocal legal action. However, if the breeder were to go into detail, it COULD have reciprocal legal action. We saw this in the case of KiSta vs Horrible-Shelter-Which-Shall-Remain-Nameless. (Though I think the lawyer was full of bologna,) Kim was told she could state her opinion about the other shelter, but posting any details would be considered slanderous. (libelous? can never remember which is which...heeehee.) That was shelter vs shelter, and too someone who didn't know the details, might have been considered shelter "bashing" shelter. (We ALL know THAT isn't the case. *shudder*) That being said, I would like to point out that to a certain degree, the breeder-in-question, (or since no names were named in Dee's post, thank you Dee,) the breeder-I-assume-is-in-question, DID, in their post, list at least one reason why they didn't like that other breeder. I believe they sited problems with breeding stock. ===== Melissa www.geocities.com/lostferrets [Posted in FML issue 3209]