Could you therefore send me Kirtananda's business plan please,

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To Mark Middle Mountain etal,

 

In reply to this at least.

 

> > For me, to make a profit from cow protection is

> not

> > deviant behaviour but the essential law of

> material

> > life that profit creates, loss destroys.

>

> Is it also necessary to make a profit from saving

> whales, preserving

> old growth forests, or operating a battered

> woman's shelter?

 

The above are entirely charitable in function, in

response to excesses in business and society. Cow

protection can run on the three engines of public,

private and charity, or just on each one with its own

predicaments. Just charity alone as a 100% subsidy may

be problematic.

 

 

> There is no need to wait

>

> > for the ox system to be fully ready if the milk

> system

> > is already ready, the oxen can take the lead

> further

> > down the alphabet soup, as ABC becomes DEF on the

> way

> > to XYZ.

>

> This is not some new visionary statement. It is

> exactly what

> Kirtanananda and others have said when they

> justified commercial

> approach to cow protection.

 

But, did they gather data to back their hypothesis?

Did they create an environmental plan, with growth

rates, agroforests and capital expenditure on land

improvements? Did they formulate a social plan, with

labour requirements and costs, training and managerial

stability and competence; as well as employment

regulations and community projects and legal status?

Did they create an economic plan, involving

environmental and social expenditure, capital inputs,

financing, profit and loss forecasts and everything

else that a business needs to assess its viability?

 

If the answer is yes - then please pass it to me, it

will save me a lot of work to build one, and perhaps

in analysing it I will be able to see the root of

their downfall.

 

If not, or a partial no, then maybe it is in their ad

hoc approach to the business that led to their

failure, and with a fresh analsis and business plan

formulation then perhaps a more viable model can be

achieved.

 

> Does that qualify me

> to have an opinion in your eyes?

 

Of course, why not?

 

And me, do I qualify for an opinion in your eyes?

 

Mark

 

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