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Posted by meagan on June 02, 1999 at 14:44:29:

mr. guran:

with all due respect, citing one reference of one encyclopedia, hardly qualifies as research. if all you did as you say was research, then this situation would not have occured. not only do i find it appaling that an adult like you could be so reckless with thier words, i find it even more dispicable that you are now, instead of taking responsibility for your words, hiding behind an encyclopedia and pointing fingers as to who besides you is to blame.

you are helping to perpetuate a cycle of ignorance and suffering, mr guran. your words are published into a public newspaper. you are responsible now for all of those kids who have seen your column and now want an iguana. according to the care guides you included, they should eat lettuce and play fetch. hardly the expectation you should have for a lizard that lives in rainforest trees. what is worse, the myth that they can survive on lettuce has just been passed on to them. now the iguana that they buy is going to die a slow, painful, debilitating death.

just because faulty information was published first doesn`t mean it voids you from the responsibility of you researching current findings. you write a coloumn in a public paper that anyone has access to. you are responsible for what is written there and i will not accept anything less than that.

if you know now that it is faulty information then why don`t you just correct the information in your next column and include the niad web site address so at least people can have some access to information about iguanas. that is all we are asking here. you now know that the information was not up to date, so fix it mr guran. you can do that. the book is already written and so is your strip, but you can amend what has been said very easily.

sincerely,
meagan

www.niad.org

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: mr. guran: : with all due respect, citing one reference of one encyclopedia, hardly qualifies as research. if all you did as you say was research, then this situation would not have occured. not only do i find it appaling that an adult like you could be so reckless with thier words, i find it even more dispicable that you are now, instead of taking responsibility for your words, hiding behind an encyclopedia and pointing fingers as to who besides you is to blame. : you are helping to perpetuate a cycle of ignorance and suffering, mr guran. your words are published into a public newspaper. you are responsible now for all of those kids who have seen your column and now want an iguana. according to the care guides you included, they should eat lettuce and play fetch. hardly the expectation you should have for a lizard that lives in rainforest trees. what is worse, the myth that they can survive on lettuce has just been passed on to them. now the iguana that they buy is going to die a slow, painful, debilitating death. : just because faulty information was published first doesn`t mean it voids you from the responsibility of you researching current findings. you write a coloumn in a public paper that anyone has access to. you are responsible for what is written there and i will not accept anything less than that. : if you know now that it is faulty information then why don`t you just correct the information in your next column and include the niad web site address so at least people can have some access to information about iguanas. that is all we are asking here. you now know that the information was not up to date, so fix it mr guran. you can do that. the book is already written and so is your strip, but you can amend what has been said very easily. : sincerely, : meagan : www.niad.org

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