Well, I'm getting my seed orders in before you all fix it so that the only thing we can buy anymore is Bachelor Buttons and Cosmos. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Hixson" <khixson@nu-world.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] importation discussion and PBS > Dear Members of the PBS list: > > I mostly lurk, but I'm going to add to this discussion > for a reason: I value this list because I value other people's > opinions and experiences, precisely because they are different from > mine. If I didn't value other people's different opinions, the > only reason to belong would be to brag about how well I do with my > plants. Well, I'm not perfect, and amazingly enough, I don't > expect other people to be either. When the "discussion" gets > to the point that members start writing of not posting anymore, > it has gone too far. We all lose. > Mary Sue and company do a lot of work, and their thank you > is the continuation of the result of their work, which is the > PBS list. Well, they do get thanked once in a while, but not > as much as they deserve. And, yes, I'm guilty of that too. > > That said, do I have opinions? Of course. Prohibition > doesn't work, whether it is alcohol, drugs like marijuana, guns, > or even plants. It does slow down the spread of such things, > and sometimes gives government agencies time enough to work out > a strategy of response. Whether or not the price you pay for > government action is more than the cost of no government action > may be open to different opinions. William Aley has given an > insider's view of how the system works. I don't like the system, > think it needs many changes, but, I'm not involved in the day-to-day > operations of the system, and he is. Complaining to the PBS > list, or to him, is almost certainly less effective than expressing > your opinion to your congressman or senator. Hint, hint. > You might also keep in mind that the PBS list doesn't just > serve one country, it goes around the world, and so does what you say. > As Mr Aley has already mentioned, what you post will be seen by > anyone searching similar topics--I've already been referred to > comments I've previously posted while searching for information on > various things. It can be a little scary. > > So, please, keep having "differences of opinion", but > express them in a way that adds to understanding, not causing > people to feel they need to defend themselves. If you do things > differently, see things differently than I do or see them, my > way may be better, or it may not. I can learn from the way you > do things, the way you see things. Perhaps the reverse is true. > > Ken > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/