tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post147109195074426499..comments2023-04-08T06:06:13.055-07:00Comments on Notes from the Pens: Ask Not What Your Ecosystem can Do For YouAya Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830585801297506770noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-58087531939064522982015-06-08T12:07:11.919-07:002015-06-08T12:07:11.919-07:00Thanks, Julia. It is good to be able to express ou...Thanks, Julia. It is good to be able to express ourselves freely without having to worry about offending people who might disagree.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830585801297506770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-48184128896273266822015-06-08T11:41:48.662-07:002015-06-08T11:41:48.662-07:00Yes, you should say what you want. There is a diff...Yes, you should say what you want. There is a difference between blogs like yours, and Jehovah's Witness and chimpanzee specialists who go around telling people how to do everything. I have never seen you do that.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-40273317866392281982015-06-08T11:12:29.066-07:002015-06-08T11:12:29.066-07:00Julia, I can't imagine anyone accusing you of ...Julia, I can't imagine anyone accusing you of talking too much. I appreciate the fact that you can be a vegan and I can be an omnivore, and we can still be friends, and neither of us is trying to change the other. <br /><br />I went through a period, when I was younger, when I voiced my opinion a lot, and then when that backfired, I went through another phase when I would not share any part of myself.<br /><br />Now I feel free to say what I want on my own turf, to listen to others as they take their turn, and to try to lead by example, but not by direct preaching, except of course in my books and blogs. And even there, I try to give the reader a chance to come at the material from more than one point of view.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830585801297506770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-49677661732471320112015-06-08T10:37:26.592-07:002015-06-08T10:37:26.592-07:00People do the same with politics and religion. The...People do the same with politics and religion. There is a lot of preaching going on. The funny thing is someone being so preachy never gets that the majority are not going to go a long with what they are saying. I remember being eight and how this Jehovah's Witness lady was trying to get my mom to come back to the meetings. She started in with some weird comment about how satan in in the flickering of the candles on the birthday cake, and I spoke up and said "kids just want to have a fun party". She did not know what to say to that, and said "oh but I can have fun just having coco with my son. My mom was not happy I spoke to an adult like that, but I just could help but feel how preachy she was being. My mom is always nice and never really comments on people who can be a bit over the top, and I guess as a kid I would speak up too much. I actually just talk more than they do. But some guy thinks I actually talk a lot because I am a vegan. The funny thing is I actually am a bit quiet in public these days because it is not like anyone is clamoring to hear my opinion, and even when I try to share something balanced. I am the one who gets poked out in threads for not having a sense of humor.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-28116561462780136782015-06-08T09:46:09.616-07:002015-06-08T09:46:09.616-07:00That's good to know, Julia, It's just that...That's good to know, Julia, It's just that among chimpanzee people, I have encountered a lot of vegetarians. And it's not only a personal choice for them about their own diet. They proselytize. One volunteer tried to get my daughter to go vegetarian , when my daughter was not yet a teen. Another person said that people who like chimpanzees should not eat meat. It made no sense, since chimpanzees themselves eat meat.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830585801297506770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-53589515130210708322015-06-08T08:33:03.648-07:002015-06-08T08:33:03.648-07:00A lot of hardcore conservationists I know are not ...A lot of hardcore conservationists I know are not vegetarian. Most of the ones I have talked to are into the free range animal raising and such. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.com