I am in the process of writing again. I will soon return to cyber activism, but I do have a life now and I do a lot in my home town. I have converted a few to veganism and have turned people on to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. I don’t tell all because I feel it is personal. A good deed is more precious if I don’t brag about it. Usually, I would not help a blind man cross a busy intersection and then tell everyone about it. I feel that broadcasting such a thing negates it but I also understand that it may be inspiration to others. While I may have been almost silent in the virtual world, I can assure you that I have not held my tongue in the physical world. It has been both productive and also received as negative. That’s okay. Doing nothing is most certainly worse for the voiceless, the planet and my own soul.
Whom did you sleep with last night? Count your blessings. The day could come when you neither have a spouse nor a bed. You will still be much better off than the tortured souls who await a horrid and untimely death in factory farms. You will still fare better than the dolphins that are caught swimming past Taiji.
Even if you find yourself homeless and broken, crushed and lost, never stop fighting for the voiceless. Never!
I personally met a Facebook “friend” who claimed to be a vegetarian. I even lived with her for a short while. She finally admitted that she was vegetarian except for chicken and turkey. WTF?! I overheard her telling a neighbor how she would go out and get her burgers and burritos and not eat them around me. Even her activism was a farce. She wouldn’t dare mention anything about it to a person face-to-face for fear of a raised eyebrow. It turns out that she had no real friends except for the activist community she had met on Facebook.
The fact of the matter is that we accept anyone who claims to be for the voiceless. This is nothing bad, but we open the doors for those who simply want to be accepted somewhere —- anywhere. In her case, she loves her virtual celebrity status. Everyone on FB thinks she’s a wonderful “activist” because she comments on and shares most everything. I must admit that (at least in the virtual community) she does more than what some people do. There are those who don’t even share because their real friends and family may see.
What’s important is that we are blameless in our own eyes and we know that no animal suffers or dies because of our actions and lifestyle. We also must continue to spread awareness. We can’t worry about those who are not what they claim to be. We have to keep working to change the world by educating the ignorant.
Keep on preaching!
∞ “The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.” – Dalai Lama
∞ “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” ~ Albert Einstein
∞ “And those who dismiss love for our fellow creatures as mere sentimentality overlook a good and important part of our humanity. But it takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal. And it is actually within us to grant them a happy life and a long one.” – Joaquin Phoenix | EARTHLINGS
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Check out the recording wherein Joey and I discuss tips and tricks for reaching out to people to raise awareness for The Cove! Listen while you surf!
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Now THAT is how to spread the word!
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One soul at a time!
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On TweetDeck, I conducted a search for “SeaWorld.” The tweets I discovered varied. Some were sharing photos and memories of a trip to the mammal prisons. Some where talking about their upcoming trips to $eaWorld while others were checking in there. I sent the tweets mostly from my @WorldSeaParks account. Here is what they looked like.
Life at Seaworld! Excitement Wonder Mystery! : http://youtu.be/koDxjOz02s0 via @youtube Pls RT
My favorite discoveries are of the young people who say that they want to go to SlaveWorld or that their parents might take them there in the future. These are the easiest to dissuade and I have done so in the past. I have literally turned people away from wanting to attend a marine mammal circus. This strategy works!
Unfortunately, I am only one person. Every moment that passes by, wherein I am not monitoring the constant stream of comments, I am missing the opportunity to make a difference. That’s where you come in.
There are many of us who spend our free on our computers doing what we do best —- cyber activism. Some of us spend every evening being Cyber Whale Warriors for marine life throughout the world. Our time online and our evenings, however, may differ from others. In other words, while we are asleep there are people on the other side of the world tackling the same issues that we do. This is fantastic! We may sleep but our causes never do. ‘There is always someone posting, sharing and tweeting in an effort to make the world a better place.
So what’s the problem? Why can’t we combine our efforts? I’ll tell you why. It’s because we do not have a hub wherein we can organize ourselves. Well that is exactly why I created CyberWhaleWarrior.com. As a part of the Cyber Whale Warrior community, we can report our shortcomings and our victories. We can claim out time slots and see which times are left open. We can even brainstorm to come up with new and better projects.
What I shared with you here about the $eaworld strategy is only one of many. There are many ways to tackle many different causes and these techniques work. If you are actually winning over individuals to your cause —- if you are literally making real people into activists —- then, by all means, disregard my rally for aid. On the other hand, if you want to make a real difference and you are sick of sharing the same old material with the same old group of people again and again, then you may want to volunteer as a Cyber Whale Warrior. If you want to learn my secrets and be a part of our elite group, then click on the Volunteer to find out how.
“If you make your best effort to be kinder, nurture compassion, make the world a better place, then you can say ‘At least I’ve done my best’.” ~ Dalai Lama
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In the second half of the show, I reveal how you can significantly impact your hometown with the causes you are most passionate about.
Wear your #SeaShepherd gear every Friday. I’m wearing mine.
