Am I a Bad Activist?

September 13, 2000

I really need some help here. Many people have called me a bad activist or

yell at me. I don't know if I am really doing something wrong with the ideas

I am making or if it is out of jealousy. Let me break something to you.

Animal Rights/Welfare, being a vegetarian, fasting, rescuing, or whatever

else you do, IT IS NOT ABOUT FAME. I do not try to do things that get my name

in the papers. I went 8 years of being an activist without being an activist.

I had to do something important. My first protest was important. Other people

are saying that I need to stop backing down on ideas when I get some grief,

others accuse me of lying. This quote from your e-mails stood out to me:

" I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to

please everyone. "

Bill Cosby

I think it fits to us all. If I try to please everyone I will never get

anything done. So next time I send out an e-mail please make your critizisms

constructive instead of calling me names, finger pointing, or anything mean,

because I found a button finnally called " Delete " . I would rather not use

that though. And if you feel that I have lied about something, please stop

spreading rumors and bring it to me personally, for I challenge someone who

feels I have lied to e-mail me and tell me how. And sorry I cannot please

everyone. For if I did, I would be accomplishing nothing. Even groups like

PETA, HSUS, IDA, and more and more and more. Cannot please everyone, yet they

also get the most accomplished.

Thank you very much and I would like to know... Am I a Bad Activist and

should I quit?

Ryan Courtade

President

Love All Animals

2 Rio Vista Dr.

Ft. Thomas, KY 41075

(859) 441-3907

(859) 441-2956 (fax)

Ryan

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