Please stop posting negative info

I think it's a better idea for people to promote the following: 'oh, that article on killer pythons? Everyone's saying that's a crock, they're not really dangerous'.

Never let it stand when someone prints something like that. Make it widely known that it's a joke, provide the correct information, and sound intelligent doing so. If there's one copy of the article without comments, and 50 copies of it with comments calling it a crock, which one are people most likely to read? (One of the 50 copies, of course).

We need to change what everyone knows by loudly denying the bad information that's being put out there. We can't do that if we ignore it and never post links to it. Right now, 'everyone knows' snakes are dangerous. The only way to fix that is to overwhelm the noise out there with our own noise.

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Originally Posted by Serpents_Den

If the 911 movement can't wake enough naive people up about 911 or the criminals running this country we certainly won't be able to do nothing about holding our rights to keep reptiles and it will continue to trickle till there is nothing more to give up.

Sad but true.

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Do you think you could stay on topic for even ONE thread without going conspiracy nut? Please?


Anyway, people don't need banners proclaiming reptiles the bestest best pets evar like totally ohmigod. All it takes is meeting one person who owns a reptile. I can't tell you how many people I've met who walked away from the meeting considering getting a snake for themselves, after I answered their concerns calmly and with a smile ("Nah, he won't get big enough to eat rabbits by a long shot, and the rats he eats were bred for food and are already dead and frozen by the time I buy them. It's like furry TV dinners.")

People always have the same questions:

Won't he get really huge?
Does he bite?
Is he poisonous?
Do you have to feed him live mice?

I know people get tired of answering the same questions over and over, but every time you do you're educating someone new who will be happy to have their worries put to rest. Heck, even anecdotes help, and we all have funny stories about the time Iggy the Iguana climbed the curtains, or Monty the Python pooped on your mother in law.

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Originally Posted by BabysMomma

Do you think you could stay on topic for even ONE thread without going conspiracy nut? Please?

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You just proved the validity of his comparison. Have you looked at any of the facts surrounding 9/11, or did you just believe what the news media told you? What is it that we're talking about trying to get people not to do in this thread?

Granted, his example was off topic, but it was a valid comparison. There are lots of facts about both snakes and what happened on 9/11 that the general public is happy to ignore because the news media tells them a story. The point, in both cases, is that people need to verify that what they're being told makes sense rather than just believing it without question.

The best way to do that is to talk to people who were there, because they generally know what is going on better than the people who weren't. (Ex. 'that building fell down and it wasn't even on fire!' 'Oh, that's because the entire other side of it was damaged, they just didn't show it on tv--I know, I saw it'). See?

If you want to know about pythons, ask herpetologists who study them, and ask python owners. Ask people IN the Everglades what they see. Don't ask a politician, a media person, or anyone else with an agenda. Don't ask a conspiracy nut who has never been to Florida, or Burma, or never touched a python.

Bump.. For obvious reasons..

As much as the ignorance and lack of fact angers me, Im no longer going to join in on the mockery of these bills and the people supporting them. I have to agree that it shows a lack on our part and will just anger them into pushing the bills forward.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

The best way to do that is to talk to people who were there, because they generally know what is going on better than the people who weren't. (Ex. 'that building fell down and it wasn't even on fire!' 'Oh, that's because the entire other side of it was damaged, they just didn't show it on tv--I know, I saw it'). See?

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Since you say so, I believe ya :rolleyes:

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Public ridicule is the best thing for them, actually. They hate being mocked. Yes, it will make them angry, and they may push harder, but it's actually more likely that they will back off, because their public reputation is the most important thing TO them. Politicians are wimpy that way. If they're going to look foolish, they're not gonna keep doing it. Sooner or later, they will back down if enough people put them down for it.