We must be smart to win the battle for Jenny

[Guest guest]

Sadly, it has come to my attention that a couple of misguided individuals plan

a protest for Jenny in front of the Dallas Mayor's house under the guise of

"caroling." I urged those involved NOT to do this, as it

will cause serious harm to Jenny's cause. Concerned

Citizens for Jenny has won many thousands if not millions of advocates

for Jenny's retirement to The Elephant Sanctuary. To the greatest

extent, advocates have been won because retiring Jenny is the right

thing to do. But, we also won many to Jenny's cause by behaving

reasonably and rationally and by conducting ourselves in a way that

created empathy and respect. Protesting/Caroling

at the mayor's house makes Jenny supporters look bad. It will make

Dallas citizens to think about how they would not want "protesters" in

front of their own

homes. It will seem like an invasion of privacy and it allows the Dallas

mayor to caste

himself in the role of martyr. Do we really want to give him that? We know we can not win the mayor to Jenny's side, but we can win the hearts and minds of the rank and file of Dallas. Such poor behavior endangers our ability to do that. Jenny

supporters must not lose the moral high ground, which we seized early

in this battle and have kept by having right on our side AND by consistently conducting

ourselves well.

 

This ill-conceived stunt is already causing Jenny to lose many hard

fought for friends at City Hall and in the media. See the reaction of

Angela Hunt, our very best friend at City Hall ():http://angelahunt.com/I

trust in the good

judgment of Jenny advocates to understand this and not support any

short-sighted tactic that does not further Jenny's cause. It is my

hope that those involved will come to

their senses and see that this action is harming Jenny's cause. Concerned Citizens for Jenny plans an important event after Christmas, so watch your email and please make every effort to participate. Jenny needs you there. Happy Holidays to all and please keep working to SAVE JENNY.Margaret MorinFounder, CCFJwww.concernedcitizensforjenny.net

[Guest guest]

I am cross-posting Don Feare, animal advocacy attorney at law and well regarded professor of law, to Vegetarian Network of Dallas, Concerned Citizens for Jenny, ACT, NTARN and other animal advocacy e-groups. See below. If

ACT continues to pursue this caroling, if my email is published

today (Friday), it is probably too late to present my plea to the rank

and file of the animal community (except on those boards I moderate)

not to participate, but I have to try . . . For Jenny's sake. A

great deal of damage to Jenny's campaign has already been done in the media and at City

Hall, but we could still head off any more damage if ACT will cancel

this ill-conceived plan. Everyone makes mistakes, but it takes a

mature animal advocate to admit and correct them in time.Thanks very much for your consideration.

Margaret--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Don Feare <feare wrote:Don Feare <feareRE: We must be smart to win the battle for Jennydogs_good, "'VNOD '" , "'Concerned Citizens for Jenny'" <concernedcitizensforjenny >Friday, December 19, 2008, 8:36 AM

 

Margret is absolutely correct. Any

protesting at the Mayor’s residence can accomplish nothing but a negative

response. First, if those planning this action were perhaps more aware of the

long-fought battle for Jenny, they would know it is virtually impossible to

change the Mayor’s position on the issue. So, exactly what is to be

accomplished by protesting at his residence, other than getting those doing the

protesting their 15 minutes of fame. Secondly, the battle has been fought on

the basis of concerned citizens. There have been no animal rights or animal

welfare levels to the battle. Now, those planning this assault will appear to

be nothing more than a bunch of tree hugger, whale lovers and anti-government

folks. Animal rights groups are already placed in that category all too often

so don’t give the Mayor a chance to say “I told you so” that

the battle for Jenny isn’t really about concerned citizens but radical

animal rights groups. Finally, given that everyone involved with

the Jenny battle knows the Mayor won’t change his position (he certainly

won’t because a few protestors show up when he hasn’t over

thousands of citizens raising the issue) so exactly what does this group of

protestors think they are going to accomplish. It is my hope that they are

simply uninformed or haven’t stopped to think whether they conduct will

actually have a negative impact on the Jenny battle, rather than simply seeking

publicity for themselves. If you don’t like what government is

doing, either participate the process or take it into the courts. Protesting

at a residence lets the resident win automatically. Protesting at city hall is

perfectly acceptable. Why give the mayor a chance to be the reasonable one but

the protestors are violating the law, invading privacy and come off looking

like nothing more than radicals? Listen to Margaret folks, follow her lead

and you can possibly have a positive impact for Jenny. Protest at the Mayor’s

residence and you are assured of a negative one. Don Feare Law Offices of Donald D. Feare, P.C. 721

W. Division St . Arlington, TX 76012

 

 

 

 

Margaret Morin [ dogs_good ]

 

Thursday, December 18, 2008

4:57 PM

VNOD ; Concerned

Citizens for Jenny

We must be smart to win

the battle for Jenny

 

 

Sadly, it has come to

my attention that a couple of misguided individuals plan a protest for Jenny

in front of the Dallas Mayor's house under the guise of

"caroling." I urged those involved NOT to do

this, as it will cause serious harm to Jenny's cause.

Concerned Citizens for Jenny has won many thousands

if not millions of advocates for Jenny's retirement to The Elephant

Sanctuary. To the greatest extent, advocates have been won

because retiring Jenny is the right thing to do. But, we also won many

to Jenny's cause by behaving reasonably and rationally and by conducting

ourselves in a way that created empathy and respect.

 

Protesting/Caroling

at the mayor's house makes Jenny supporters look bad. It will make

Dallas citizens to

think about how they would not want "protesters" in front of their

own homes. It will seem like an invasion of privacy and it allows the

Dallas mayor to caste

himself in the role of martyr. Do we really want to give him

that?

 

We know we can not win the mayor to Jenny's side, but we can win the hearts and minds of

the rank and file of

Dallas .

Such poor behavior endangers our ability to do that. Jenny

supporters must not lose the moral high ground, which we seized early in this

battle and have kept by having right on our side AND by consistently

conducting ourselves well.

 

This ill-conceived stunt is already causing Jenny to

lose many hard fought for friends at City Hall and in the

media. See the reaction of Angela Hunt, our very best friend at

City Hall ():

 

http://angelahunt.com/

 

I trust in the good judgment of Jenny advocates to understand this and not

support any short-sighted tactic that does not further Jenny's cause.

It is my hope that those involved will come to their senses and see that this

action is harming Jenny's cause.

 

Concerned Citizens for Jenny plans an important event after Christmas,

so watch your email and please make every effort to participate.

Jenny needs you there.

 

Happy Holidays to all and please keep working to SAVE JENNY.

 

Margaret Morin

Founder, CCFJ

www.concernedcitizensforjenny.net