>From:    "F. Scott Giarrocco" <[log in to unmask]>
>It is easy to remain silent, but it takes a certain amount of courage to
>speak out in order to educate the public, and oppose cruelty and lies.
 
>From:    zauberin <[log in to unmask]>
>It's perfectly all right for you to not do anything, to not respond. Life
>is much easier and safer that way until the same sort of thing happens to
>something you really care about, and then it's too late.
 
Nah, it's backwards for me.  I was very active in jr. high and high school
about animal rights, women's rights, children's rights, and various
political issues.  I wrote letters to the editor, sent letters to
politicians, became a vegetarian, boycotted fast food chains and shampoo
companies, handed out ferret information to pet stores, refused to dissect
pigs and frogs in school, etc.
 
That ended once I was introduced to the real world.
 
It's good to see that some of you out there are still idealists.
 
-mel
[Posted in FML issue 2460]