The Right Stuff

Posted by Jack Morgan on May 13, 2008 at 1:58pm

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I love the idea of an animal sanctuary. I like it when I find out about people doing things just because they know it's the right thing to do. That's basically the hardest thing about any of the progressive movements: getting people to do things that they already know are right. If you think about trying to keep the air clean for everyone, you should want to do it, but a lot of people don't, and I don't understand them.
Black Beauty Ranch is a place where animals who have been mistreated go to retire and live a nice life. I like that.
We need more people out there who do the right thing.

I did a reading on Sunday, and usually people go out drinking after a poetry reading. Some people ate at the bar we went to. One lady ordered a steak, and I said, "who ordered a steak?" and she yelled "I GOTTA GET MA STEAK ON!"

The same thing happens when you ask "whose HUMMER is that?" The person will yell something like "I NEED ME SOME POWER!"

People are always yelling about how they don't care. "Everyone has to die" and "we can't really do anything about it" really angers me because there's not much to say back to people who are like that.

I wish there were a list of things to say to people who drive HUMMERS and/or eat big steaks that don't make you sound like a jerk. What's the right thing to say? To just not say anything doesn't accomplish anything. So what to do?

Tags: animals

Comment by Alicia on May 13, 2008 at 10:36pm: I totally agree! Apathy for everything makes me sad. I sometimes just get a sad puppy dog look in my eyes and ask them WHY they need these things. Two things will happen, they are sudden questioning their motives are rethink the whole situation or they ask you who you think you are, asking them questions! Either way is very entertaining. It's just so hard to make people FEEL!
Cheers!

Comment by Jack Morgan on May 15, 2008 at 1:33am: The puppy dog look doesn't usually work for me. I am a very larger person. It looks creepy when a anyone over 6'3" tries the puppy dog look.

I think I need to start being one of those people who carry around pamphlets for people. Pamphlets with gross pictures in them.

Comment by Alicia on May 15, 2008 at 6:24am: Umm, creepy.

But the pamphlet may be an idea. With pictures from Planet of the Apes and they saying, "If you don't take care of the planet now, be ready for primate overlords". And then pictures of pissed off chimps.

(This is a totlly silly idea but, the pamphlet idea is great!)

Comment by Jack Morgan on May 15, 2008 at 12:01pm: I am going to order pamphlets and stickers today. You're right, Alicia! It's time to warn people that the animalwill rise against us if we don't start taking care of them.

. . . .Also the giant machines like HUMMERS if we don't stop building them.

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