tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post7334753461371548655..comments2022-07-27T00:08:13.293-07:00Comments on The Original Dragon Mother: Vegans shaming and terrorising non-vegansKazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-16059865048712965372015-12-01T19:26:16.850-08:002015-12-01T19:26:16.850-08:00Sure, shock people ONCE...it's the constant po...Sure, shock people ONCE...it's the constant posting that really gets up my nose. Another friend posted the other day about two things that had come through the new for her - a. the 'slaughter' of bioproduct calves in the dairy industry, and b. the withdrawal of TimTams (Australia's favourite chocolate biscuit) from one of our supermarket shelves over a pricing dispute - she posted questioning which issue would get the most attention.... Most of the people responded the TimTams, of course, because chocolate.... Don't think she was impressed - and yes, she's another vegetarian (not quite vegan at this point) activist type...Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-50216082406008898702015-12-01T19:05:52.660-08:002015-12-01T19:05:52.660-08:00I agree wholeheartedly. Although I do believe that...I agree wholeheartedly. Although I do believe that shock can have a certain value in bringing attention to an issue (after which you follow it up with reasoned information), there is a difference between shock that brings attention and the kind of shock that makes you look away. It’s counterproductive, y’know?Lene Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11223128667829847717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-85311786738394195492015-11-30T12:57:23.800-08:002015-11-30T12:57:23.800-08:00Morning Jack! It's a very great pleasure to se...Morning Jack! It's a very great pleasure to see you here. Thankfully, the turkey heads didn't come to me personally, they were just a more memorable image among the many flooding my new feed on Facebook. I have to say though, that 'unfollow' button is a beauty...<br /><br />I do have vegan friends with whom I have some fabulously interesting, and respectful, conversations - the crackpots though...oy! And I'm more than a little bit tired of it. I did a google search before I wrote this post, and there are a heap of quite scholarly articles about the whole 'hate' culture that's growing around veganism - another form of extremism, in amongst the mix that seems to be happening on a number of topics. We have our gun freaks here too, including an MP whose current response to the number of women killed this year by partners or exes was to say that if they'd had guns, they'd still be alive. He's someone who will hopefully lose his seat in the next election. We have enough idiots vomiting that kind of destructive nonsense as it is in the general public without having our parliamentarians dong it as well. John Howard, who was Prime Minister at the time of the Pt Arthur shooting did a very fine thing when he called in guns and tightened our gun laws up - heads of state around the world, particularly in the US, bring that up every time there's a big shooting. Reversing that would be utter madness. <br /><br />So, there you go, another little rant from me, and so early in the morning too!! Good to hear from you, my friend. I'll write you.Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-72821466327565579052015-11-30T07:38:06.312-08:002015-11-30T07:38:06.312-08:00Right there with you, darlin'! Things that se...Right there with you, darlin'! Things that seem to bring these mad-dogs out of the woodwork, besides religion and politics, run to veganism, abortion, and here in the States, private gun ownership. Just tell somebody they have a chance to mind somebody else's business, and they come running from miles around!<br /><br />I admire your restraint; I enjoy a number of friendships with people whose beliefs I don't share, and assuming they aren't child molesters or wife beaters, I don't call them out for the different things they believe. Really, it's those differences that make friends interesting. But a top criterion for whether you remain in my orbit is whether you make negative judgments about me. No one sent me a picture of a turkey head this year, but if they had, I promise you, there would be no further contact between us. I don't view that sort of thing as activism. An activist who believes in a cause will try to sway my opinion with reasoned arguments. Showing me slaughtered animals and connecting my lifestyle with those images is a personal insult, and not the sort of things friends say to each other.<br /><br />Sorry, this is your rant, but when you invite someone to mind your business for you... Well, hope you're feeling well this holiday season, and you're able to sort out who your true friends are before you spend a lot money for their gift! <br /><br />All the best in all things always.Jack Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030471723776022615noreply@blogger.com