Why Not Use Passive Resistance Or Civil Disobedience?

The reason country after country around the world bans GMO products is because their people vote with their $$$$, politicians listen, then they vote politically to ban GMO....people are involved and concerned. 

The reasons GMO's are still being swallowed by many Americans is that they're too busy texting the person walking next to them to be concerned about real issues.  They're oblivious to what's being shoved down their willing throats, they've forgotten that they already have more power than any legislation.  Just STOP SUPPORTING GMO's or whatever it is that is offending you.....even Giants fall when the public yanks their support.

Sadly, I fear the same is true for virtually every important issue in America, including rescues vs shelters.  

Americans have forgotten how to vote with their feet, or their $$$.

It is the "public" who demands the convenience of paying shelters a small intake fee to kill Fluffy because his fur looks untidy on their new carpet. 

When they want to "replace" Fluffy after the carpet is worn, or for some other emotional trivial reason, they demand shelters with loads of animals and no adoption criteria other than the adopter possess a pulse and the fee. 

These people couldn't care less that Rescues don't take salaries, are overworked and overburdened...who cares?  Rescues demand more from their adopters, they do home inspections, require references and much more than just a pulse.

Truth be told, the public supports shelters because they do their dirty, paid killing and they're also at the other end of the circle of profit when the fickle public is again ready to adopt another Fluffy or Fido.

The only segment of the population who might give a rip about the obscenities called Shelters, are those gracious, kind souls who truly believe they are saving animals lives and they freely give their assets, homes, trust funds and millions from open check books to support the most visible options, which are the high profile shelters.

Isn't the trick to inform those who want to know where their money is being spent? 

That their money is being spent for hefty salaries, fancy ridiculous buildings and other ostentatious campaigns might concern the ones writing the big checks.   I'm quite sure the ones dumping Fluffy for the new carpet aren't the ones with the open check books.  Some large contributors might still choose to support the illusion, others might be incensed that they have been taken for an expensive ride.

Happy Tails isn't an Oregon Rescue, but my method has always been to choose which games to play and exercise passive resistance to other games which the powers that be are trying to include me, but I reject, such as SB6....

SB6 requires blah, blah, blah of licensed facilities.....nothing is yet finalized, the reading of what a facility is doesn't sound like a private home, there is no neat flow chart of exactly what to do for a rescue.  

The details can stall any operation, what does "solicit" donations really mean,  what if you receive gifts rather than donations, what if you have 11 animals, but really some belong to your great aunt in another state and are visiting, can't you fabricate numerous stall tactics that would exclude you from playing the SB6 game?

So, why get a license, why close your doors, why "what if" every impossible to imagine, dreadful scenario until all of the facts & details are worked out, until then meeting SB6 with silence might be a better option. 

No registration, no licensing, no playing their game.  Force them to spend effort, money, time etc, use the No Trespassing signs etc.....why make it easy for them and perform exactly the way they thought you would....by closing your doors.

Just my perspective....

Toni
Happy Tails Rescue


 The refusal to obey a law or follow a policy believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobediance basing their actions on moral right and usually employ the nonviolent technique of passive resistance in order to bring wider attention to the injustice. Risking punishment, such as violent retaliatory acts or imprisonment, they attempt to bring about changes in the law. In the modern era, civil disobedience has been used in such events as street demonstrations, marches, the occupying of buildings, and strikes and other forms of economic resistance.

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