You don´t want to turn the other cheek?! Jesus said turn the other cheek. I am not a very religious person but I often respect the word s of Jesus, for they are often wise. Infidel!



If Jesus is not good enough for you, then perhaps be an advocate or a thief.

If you wish to be the advocate, then you need to read;

Richard Dawkins, the selfish gene

Susan Blackmore, The Meme Machine

Rosalind Hursthouse; Ethics, Humans and other animals - An introduction with readings

Eugène Lapointe, Embracing Earths wild resources - A global conservation vision



Clifford Warwick, Fredric L. Frye and James B. Murphy, Health and Welfare Captive Reptiles



You will need to read other books too, but those are a good star. The last one is AR crap, but still it is very convincing. This book is used as scientific suport in the norwegian Animal protection associations position against the private keeping of reptiles and amphibians. This book needs to loose credibility... and there are many others like it unfortunately.

The advocate must support the responsible keeper in morals and ethics, in the legislation-debate and voice out words of wisdom in lightning fast trains of thought against Articles in newspapers, blogs. From this point the advocate may specialise into many other fields.



If you wish to be the thief, Then you need to read;

Eric Hansen, Orchid fever

Bryan Christy, The lizard King



Actually I haven´t read that last one yet, But I will as soon as I can afford to buy a copy.

The thief needs to dissapear and accept the role of the ass hole. Thieve´s act may earn no personal glory, sometimes the opposite, but may still be of great value to a cause.

A thief may be a hacker, cracker, courier or a sneaky silent spy who seldom voices any public or formal oppinion. Many thieves find egoistical benefit in their thieves guild membership.



Some warriors advance in both these skills and specialize into a variety of battle mages.



Then you have the brutes, rough like coarse sandpaper and tough like Dirt Harry. The brute may confront the AR meme directly in a variety of ways, hence the many different variants of brutes. The brute may be a weekend warrior or an amateur hobbyist with a special twist. The Brutes will often act independently even though they all stay united and true to principle.



Then you have the animal, sometimes acting like a chimp, and sometimes like a leopard. This critter will sometimes bring the enemy out of their good skin.

The animal has to read;

Peter J. Ucko and G.W. Dimbleys notes on The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals



A very rare and mystical variant of the animal, which which repels AR BS like water droplets on newly shed snake skin, may pray as seldom as once a year, but when a beast is on the hunt, the AR activists shake in pure terror. Unfortunately there is no easy way o become a beast except for years of hard work and participation.



Then there is the coward which lives in sympathetic symbiosis wit the beast, he is also a good soul to have on the team. He is a little nervous and indecisive, appearing as easy pick for the AR meme. Often fleeing in confrontation he is the bait which draws the AR Activist right into the trap of the beast.



Then there´s the ethical artist, who will gut an enemy with a piece of artistic aesthetic; http://www.maniacworld.com/bird-loves-ray-charles.html Then there is the book keeper, with his memory of an elephant he is a much valued resource to the reptile nation and really.. Every person will fit in a different position because of their basic disposition. We do not need alot of people doing the same thing, We need an army of people who are all doing different things in my opinion, As long as we all follow a single principle, that of responsible bioculture, we will find that our natural disposition will keep us united when need be.



mmz..

I hope I didn´t answer your question, and that you find some value in this. I think russian authors answer your question much better than me, see pic below.

I think you pose very interesting questions that are fun to speculate around.

I hope more people voice their opinion on these matters, I think I have much to learn myself about this topic.



Kindest regards

oby

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