[mou] A response to the post of Bernard P. Friel

[Terence Brashear]

OK, back to bird sightings.  I think the point has been made here.

Thank you for your input.

Terry Brashear
Hennepin County, MN
http://www.naturepixels.com
birdnird AT yahoo.com


--- On Wed, 10/8/08, Bernard P. Friel <wampy at att.net> wrote:

> From: Bernard P. Friel <wampy at att.net>
> Subject: Re: [mou] A response to the post of Bernard P. Friel
> To: gentilis03 at yahoo.com, "Tom Bell" <tnejbell at comcast.net>, "MOU net" <mou-net at moumn.org>
> Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 6:11 PM
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>     There is an excellent editorial in the Wednesday
> October 8th edition of
> the Highland Villager on the Constitutional amendment that
> does an excellent
> in depth analysis.
> 
> Bernie Friel
> 
> -- 
> Bernard P. Friel
> Web Pages - http://www.wampy.com  ;
>             http://www.wampy.com/bn   Owl Gallery
>             http://www.wampy.com/bn2  Songbirds
> 
>             http://www.agpix.com/bernardpfriel
> 
>            
> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=1113
>          
>             http://www.digitalrailroad.net/bernardfriel
> 
> 
> 
> From: Eric Harrold <gentilis03 at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: <gentilis03 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 08:41:03 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Tom Bell <tnejbell at comcast.net>, MOU net
> <mou-net at moumn.org>, "Bernard
> P. Friel" <wampy at att.net>
> Subject: A response to the post of Bernard P. Friel
> 
> Folks,
>  
> Being that an opportunity presented itself, let me ask a
> question that has
> puzzled me for some time. I've been a member of birding
> forums in North
> Carolina and Virginia. Political discussions as they
> pertain to bird
> conservation are frowned upon by some folks who would no
> doubt describe
> themselves as birders. Can someone please provide answers
> to a couple of
> questions actually, that I just don't seem to
> understand, even over many
> years. 
>  
> 1) If birders don't take political initiative, who will
> for many issues such
> as habitat conservation/preservation that are critical to
> sustainable
> populations of certain species? The one group that has done
> a tremendous
> amount for conservation, hunters, often get derided on
> internet forums and
> in birding publications. It seems a whole lot of birders
> are out of touch on
> how conservation is achieved and its inherent political
> aspect.
>  
> 2) How does noncommunication and the ignorance it promotes
> help anything? We
> can conveniently avoid political discussions altogether to
> the end of being
> polite, but other than this, I don't know what it can
> accomplish. What forum
> or setting would be more appropriate for discussing the
> politics of avian
> conservation than a birding forum?
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
> Eric Harrold
> 
> --- On Sat, 10/4/08, Bernard P. Friel <wampy at att.net>
> wrote:
> > From: Bernard P. Friel <wampy at att.net>
> > Subject: Re: [mou] vote November 4, for constitutional
> amendment
> > To: "Tom Bell" <tnejbell at comcast.net>,
> "MOU net" <mou-net at moumn.org>
> > Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 6:39 PM
> > 
> > Please explain to me how you can initiate expression
> of an opinion on a
> > subject on MOU net, as you did, and simultaneously
> caution against initiating
> > an expression of opinion on the same subject? Is it
> your intent to limit the
> > expression of opinion to a particular view ...the one
> you expressed?
> > -- 
> > Bernard P. Friel
> > Web Pages - http://www.wampy.com
> <http://www.wampy.com/>   ;
> >             http://www.wampy.com/bn   Owl Gallery
> >             http://www.wampy.com/bn2  Songbirds
> > 
> >             http://www.agpix.com/bernardpfriel
> > 
> >            
> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=1113
> >          
> >            
> http://www.digitalrailroad.net/bernardfriel
> > 
> > 
> >  
> 
> 
> 
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