(02-05-2013 12:02 PM)Corvi Ashdene Wrote: I didn't read the thread Sanura mentioned that has now been removed, but I gather the gist of it was that some people feel that a kitty that comes from a line from the same breeder is somehow worth more than a kitty who has not been line bred. This is just ridiculous. ALL lines are going to have to bring in fresh blood at times. Otherwise the line stagnates.
The thread in question posed a simple query as to how people felt about buying a cat with reselling in mind...eg; flipping a cat as one would flip a house.
The idea that some did not like that practice came up. That somehow became twisted into "oh, you think your cats are better than mine" which from what I can recall was never said or inferred by anyone.
I find it sad that we tend to let honest discussions degrade at times into rants, but we are all only human.
I agree with your point entirely. Everyone did that I can recall. And you are correct, unless you go out and buy a truck load of starters and breed only those cats and their offspring it's *technically* not 100% YOUR line. And I don't know of anyone who does that because we all love each other's kitties and want to buy/sell/give/trade. It would be boring as hell in a very short time if we didn't.
I have NO CLUE where this whole "you're an elitist snob" argument came from and I'm friggin sick of it. I appreciate the work and care many, many breeders put into their cats. We SHOULD be all taking part in a mutual admiration society here but as it stands I have heard from some excellent long term breeders they feel they are being attacked and singled out because they happen to have made some epic cats or were lucky enough to find or could afford to buy a new trait. So now instead of being able to feel happy about that, they feel like they can't or they are being elitist.
I'd like to say to any that feel like pointing a finger..look at the hand you're pointing with..one finger may be pointing at the ones you call elitist..but you have three pointing right back at yourself.
Now please for the love of god, no one EVER said they were better than anyone else or as far as I can tell ever insinuated it. No one EVER wanted new breeders to be excluded from anything, nor was THAT ever insinuated.
And I resent it really because there is no way to defend oneself. Its kind of like window shopping with someone and seeing a lovely vintage gown in a shop window and saying.."ooooh I LOVE that" and having the other person say "you don't like *my* clothes, you're an elitist snob". It makes no damn sense, but it seems to happen a lot in this group.
So take that for what you will. I'm going back to hang out with the chickens, kitteh and piggies, they make more sense to me.
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