Much Ado About Nothing...

I have always enjoyed the Bard...  Shakespeare.  He had people watching down to a science and his plays showed that many times over. One of my favorite Shakespeare comedies is Much Ado About Nothing. A brief synopsis of the story is that Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, defeated his half-brother, the bastard Don John, in a military engagement. Appearing to be reconciled, they return to Messina, Sicily as guests of the Governor, Leonato. There Count Claudio, a nobleman serving in Don Pedro's army, falls in love with Hero, Leonato's daughter. Don Pedro woos her on Claudio's behalf. Now, however, the plot thickens... Don John, who is still angry about his defeat, maliciously deceives Claudio into believing that Hero has taken a lover on the eve of her marriage, causing Claudio to reject her publicly, at the altar, destroying Hero's good name and all her prospects.

Well, the tactics employed by Don John are the same tactics that Grey2K USA and its "leadership" employ - malicious rumor mongering and deceptions, character assassination.

For instance, several months back, Grey2K was attempting to win a grant to put up billboards in Florida with their logo. The billboards were supposedly to promote greyhound adoption, however, all the links on the billboards went back to Grey2K USA, the 501(c) 4 organization...  the lobbying organization.  None of the links, as presented, went to any kind of adoption group or greyhound charity.  When the adoption community discovered what Grey2K was up to, which was shameless money grubbing while posting it was "for the dogs", the community responded. And, par for the course, the insults flying out of the Grey2K camp were rampant.

For instance,

You are incredibly arrogant to keep assailing the protectors of Greyhounds in an attempt to continue the destructive industry of Grey racing. Stay on topic, or go home to your miserable cruelty.

by JoeyTWunderhundt

 4 months ago

and

You never stop do you "NotGrey2K" ???? Coments like "You only make referrals to a small group of groups who drink your Koolade!" - that only show everyone else on this discussion board that you are incapable of carrying on a adult conversation, you always have to go back to your childish behavior or your temper tantrums to get your messages across. But by doing that you only sound totally out of touch with reality!!!!! Close the fanasty world you are living in about the racing industry and come back to the real world of the living where sometimes it is dark and ugly just like greyhound racing is or if you are unable to do that PLEASE stay alone or with your other track supporters in that fanasty world of yours and keep quiet. My mind is spinning thinking about the crap you believe, I am sure in some way you are a good and decent person but on this issue you have no idea what the Hell you are talking about and that is what scares me. Your bullshit is only going to cause more harm to our greyhounds.

by couchracers

 4 months ago

and then, when all else fails, the intimidation or bullying starts....  In this example, CTheil accuses an AKC greyhound breeder of intentionally defaming them...This is just one example of his stating that she's "defaming" them.  There were at least 3 instances.

Where to begin? GREY2K USA is not an anti-gambling organization. Elaine knows this, but doesn't care that her statement is not true. Further, she knows very well that it would be impossible to have an effective national, non-profit organization without a full-time staff. I earn less than the average American salary, do not own a house and do not own a car. I earn less than half than what the Executive for the National Greyhound Association, who represents greyhound breeders, makes on an annual basis. Elaine knows this too, but again she doesn't care about the truth because her goal here is to defame our organization.

by CTheil

 4 months ago | Reply

But, that is the norm. It is a proven fact that people who support groups like Grey2K, HSUS, PeTA, et al, always revert to name calling and bullying when they cannot argue a point logically.

What I find interesting is that for all the faults they find with the greyhound racing community, they never address the Grey2K failings such as their association with the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) or Christine Dorchak's close relationship with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals aka PeTA.  Why?  The condemn owners who responsibly put down dogs that they feel will have no quality of life or that they may not be suitable for adoption due to temperament issues, but they are silent on the close association of Christine Dorchak, the saviour of greyhounds, with the killer of PeTA, Ingrid Newkirk.

Screen Shot of Christine Dorchak's FaceBook friends

In 2003, it was discovered that Ingrid Newkirk - a supposedly tireless defender of animals - has another face. We found out that during the 1970's, her chosen profession was "dog catcher."  Newkirk describes her zeal for killing in her own words: "I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand of them, sometimes dozens every day." She was so good at it she rose through the ranks to become director of District of Columbia's high-kill pound where she reigned for some years. There, under her rule, thousands more died.  Yes, this is the same Ingrid Newkirk who appears on Christine Dorchak's "friends" list.  The same Newkirk for whom Christine Dorchak spent some time in jail while participating in a PeTA protest, charged with "blocking a public entrance and disturbing the peace" in 1998.

No wonder Grey2K doesn't care about the greyhounds... With Newkirk as a mentor, we should be happy that Zoe is still alive.  However, I'm guessing that once she outlives her usefulness as a money making prop, she'll be gone.

Yours in greyhounds....