"They asked me to sign a petition as protest against the hunting of seals. What should I do Master?"
"Just ignore it. It is not by people who really are concerned with animal welfare, or Man's dignity."
"I do not see."
"In a purely physical problem, the correction of a tiny detail 'must' have an advantageous effect on the whole. Not so with ideational, life-typical problems. Often, the attack on a tiny detail cause a confirmation if not increase of the whole problem. I heard a man, in all seriousness (B.B.C. 1989.04.12.10.20. G.M.T.) advocating the keeping and breeding of birds in captivity. The man himself was a member of the R.S.P.B. (the Royal(???) Society, Protection, Birds). Is a better example possible? Do we really need such people to take care of our bird-friends? A man may protest against the live cooking of crabs, but sees no harm in his hobby of hunting a buffalo herd, and just shoot them from the sadle, solely for the fun of seeing them buckle under. What effect has his protests? Exactly the opposite of our protests. Whether heard or not, a protest that is lodged logically, consistent, in Dignity, may diminish the problem somewhat, a stupid, wind-baggery protest only makes the problem worse. The stupidity shows too easy. Look at those so-called Green parties. They all want ro remain nationalist, democrazy, violaters of R&D's, they solely speak of the problems, never of the solutions that are right before their very noses: de-population, One-Pro-Mille, world-government, anti-stupidity education, and so on. They too, although sounding green, will add to the problem, will participate in our final destruction."