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"It would appear that you need infinate time and effort to get precisely nowhere" you forgot patience Dom, you need infinate time, effort, and patience to get anywhere-you then need the understanding that having got where you were trying to go you will have a load of barrack room lawyers who will climb all over you and rubbish your efforts because you didn't end up where THEY wanted to go. Of course had you ended up where they wanted to go just as likely another load of barrack room lawyers would be climbing all over you saying how you had got it wrong. It's called Catch 22-and then people wonder why no-one wants to do anything. Of course all the barrack room lawyers are far to busy to actually DO anything constructive-it's much easier to pick holes and rubbish other peoples efforts-which is why I am resigning from the MT at the next AGM.
John-more in sadness than in anger.
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BULLLCHEEEESE!!
It seems that Mr Bushell is highly adept at interpreting the law, as slippery as it and he both seem to be, so let him answer those questions, As for people being more willing to criticise than do anything constructive. Ummm, yeah, right.
I wish that I hadn't had such a smack on the head before the Saturday night meeting, as there was alot that I wanted to say, but just couldn't put words to thoughts at the time as I felt pretty rough.
There were some interesting and intelligent comments at the meeting, but to be honest, I think they were derived more from a fear of losing everything, rather than the courage to stand by the people that were genuinely attempting to improve EVERYONES lot in their DD life. If everyone had the balls to have faith in the notion that they weren't doing this for their own, but everyones benefit, then proceedings may have taken a slightly more constructive course.
Such is life though, and I respect the fact that people were interested enough in the series to put serious, probing questions to the people they call good friends, I do think that there were some duplicitous arguments going on though. Certain people need to make up their mind just what they consider to be important, and at what time they choose that argument to be of merit.
The simple fact is, that the majority of riders are happy to stay with the DSC (so be it, I have no problem with that, given certain conditions), but have made it perfectly clear that they are unhappy with the conduct of some of the higher management. The thing that galls me, is that many of the riders in the paddock were hysterically vocal when Dom was protested under such blatantly personal conditions, yet are suddenly unwilling to offer the same support to an attempt to improve the series for fear of losing the series itself. For such bright folk to be that blinkered is a trifle embarrassing. Do you really think that they would go to the efforts they have, just to screw your series. Dear me, weak sauce, people.
At the end of the day though, I'm always willing to listen to argument and advice.
I entered the meeting in full support of the breakaway, but left it thinking that maybe all that really needed changing were the people in charge and that the new suggestions, along with any others that are worthy should be implemented. There were some great ideas suggested, but I have a nagging suspicion that they will all be agreed to, then when you've paid your deposits, it'll be "Sorry, they just weren't implementable, nothing to do with us!"
There isn't that much wrong with DD, but frankly, I think that it needs to be run by different people.
Thank youuuuu.