Message Number: YG668 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Karen Purcell, DVM
Date: 2001-03-04 06:10:00 UTC
Subject: Re:List Discussions

Hey Bruce and other list members,

You wrote:
> One thing that I do want to point out as this list continues to grow
> with more professionals and acknowledged experts:
>
> Civilized discussion and the polite expression of differing opinions
> is not only going to occur between individuals on this list, but is a
> REQUIREMENT. This list is all-inclusive and was not created to
> express only one point of view.
>
Ha!! You wrote this knowing I was on here, didn't you. Folks, Dr.
Williams and I have differed on a number of issues, as those of you
attending the Toronto symposium may remember. He has an excellent
point here, as veterinary medicine is as much an art as a science,
and differing viewpoints are to be encouraged. What works in one
ferret may not work on the rest.
Here's to a community effort, despite our differences,