Carey won't debate because he has no control over what happens and make no mistake G2K need to control things or they will be seen for what they are, frauds.I did this in 2014. Grey2K and Censorship
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Dick Ciampa As history has shown again and again, individuals or groups that set out to control other people do so by strictly controlling their flow of information. Nothing outside their control can be communicated, because other sources might offer alternate or even opposing points of view, which cannot be tolerated when your goal is to control the minds of others. Since its inception in 2000, Grey2K has devoted itself to carefully crafting what you see and what you read. They produce materials that would impress propagandists, and then cite those same materials as credible references in other materials they produce. The result is an impressive looking list of links and footnotes to materials that, not surprisingly, are always in complete agreement. They are also fond of citing their friends, organizations such as the HSUS and the ASPCA, whom most people have heard of, but often know less about than they think. They are familiar names, and like Grey2K, very effective at designing their communications to cultivate a specific set of beliefs and to maximize emotional response in aid of donations. They are all fundraising machines. To control your beliefs and keep donations rolling in, Grey2K will show you pictures of an unhappy looking greyhound and carefully word a caption to imply it is the norm in the greyhound industry. These photos are, in fact, usually one of two things: an extremely rare, but real instance of abuse (their current favorite dates back to 2010), or, a photo that has been recast, by careful captioning, to something other than what it is. The internet has provided a well-exploited opportunity for Grey2K to copy photos without permission. A tired brood mom might be characterized as neglected and downtrodden, when in fact, as every mother knows, early motherhood is a tiring time, and not a sinister one. But images of apparent neglect or suffering sell, and that translates into generous donations by a well-intentioned but overly-trusting audience. An estimated 200,000 retired racing greyhounds have been adopted over the past 10 years. Overwhelmingly these greyhounds were adopted because they make wonderful pets. These athletes have been retired because their careers were over, mostly due to slowing down, some due to injury, which needs to be better understood. Bearing in mind these are high performing athletes, a small injury will be taken seriously, and the response will depend on many factors. To take a simple example, a greyhound that breaks his toe at two years old will be rehabilitated and back racing in a couple of months. A three and half year old greyhound with the same injury will be retired since he is near the end of his career and its time for a couch. In the controlled world of Grey2K this injury contributes to a pie chart as a career ending injury. The term career ending injury sounds serious and it is easy to intentionally suggest all these injuries are catastrophic. Ironically, if, instead of retiring the older dog with a broken toe, the dog had been brought back to run a few races and then retired, he would not have contributed to the pie chart. But that would not be in the best interest of the dog. In this and so many other instances, responsible actions by those in the racing industry are used against them to mislead a generous but gullible donor community. Unlike Grey2K, I and most others in the greyhound industry would like those who are sincerely interested in greyhounds to see for themselves what goes on. There are many opportunities through adoption groups and other organizations to visit greyhound farms, and to have a guided visit at a track. Has Grey2K, in their controlled messaging, ever told you to go see for yourself? They cant and they wont because what you will see and experience will not agree with their carefully crafted message. Grey2K is all about control. Any post to their Facebook page from someone among a growing number of pro-racing adopters or someone in the greyhound industry is immediately deleted and that person banned. Grey2K ensures everything you read and see is under their control. Their salaries depend on it, as do their trips across the country and the around world. There are bad people in all walks of life and the greyhound industry is no exception; however, the good far outnumber the bad. How else could it be that so many greyhounds adapt so easily to retirement? Overwhelmingly they are fit, happy, well socialized dogs. If everything Grey2K claimed was wrong with the greyhound industry were true, the American greyhound would be extinct. People in the industry are not the only ones to be vilified. Adoption folks who have taken the time to inform themselves and determined that there is good in racing have been described by Grey2K as traitors. That is the language of an autocracy. Last time I checked, we live in one of the strongest democracies in the world. The difference between Grey2K and those of us who love racing is that we dont want to control you. I want you to follow the facts down whatever path they take you. I want you, I urge you, to go to see the greyhounds growing up at a farm, to watch some live racing, and to understand what happens before and after those races. There you will learn the truth. Has Grey2K ever asked you to find out for yourself? The truth should always prevail and I am not afraid of what you will find. Can the same be said of Grey2K? While Grey2K wasnt around when Robert F. Kennedy was alive, RFK could have been looking right at Grey2K when he said: What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. Copyright 2014
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