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Posted by DarciGibson on May 12, 2003 at 15:27:16:

In Reply to: Mayo... posted by JKUROSKI on May 12, 2003 at 10:10:13:

I've been logging onto this forum for about a year now and I have to agree with your sentiments. I'm glad I'm not the only one:). Thank you for putting it into words...

Darci

:My original statement was that diamond x's may be all we have left in the future if things don't get any better. Whether or not to hybridize is really only a discussion. I don't own any diamonds or diamond x's and was only offering a few statements to get the forum going on the subject. To put a few what ifs out there, and spark others into thinking about the problem. In no way did I want everyone to accept or even agree with what I said.

:About the forum hierarchy, there are some people that frequent this forum that have been doing this for a long time; I �m not one of them. These people have collections that are top notch and experience to back it up. These people get most of the kudos and really deserve them. Why do people like me answer questions? Because the more senior keepers probably don't want to bother with answering repetitive husbandry, etc questions that the forum can be flooded with, they leave it up to those they have taught. That's where the people in my echelon, so to speak, come in. When posts don�t get answered and I know the answer I respond. I have learned a ton of information from reading, personal experience (about a year and a half), but none can come close to what I have learned here. Others may receive the honor one day of being enlightened from the knowledge of these forums and subsequently take over as providers of this information. It's a process of evolution. That's my take on that.

:As for breeding for a profit, there is a distinct difference between keepers and breeders. I don�t know anyone on this forum that breeds just for the money and has no concern for the animals. They breed so that future generations can enjoy the beautiful specimens that they have come to love in this hobby. There are probably countless other reasons, but I won�t list them here.

:I appreciate your point of view Matt and since this is a forum, that what it�s all about. To offer personal opinions on matters and to allow for discussion and counter opinions.
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