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There's a HUGE difference between educating where invited, and educating where you are not. To think you can "educate" a person when you weren't asked is, at the very least, arrogant, as is assuming that their fears are ignorence. Some people are terrified of reptiles, just like there are some that are terrified of heights. You have as good a chance convincing them they are OK as they have of convincing you they are not. Ignorence also implies that there is no evidence to back up a persons concerns. There is plenty of evidence to show that many of their concerns are well founded. As for the opinion that you can convert someone who is "on the fence", you have just as much of a chance of making that fence sitter an anti. There are many who just don't, and never will, care. We are the minority here. You have no constitutional "right" to own reptiles. Make yourself a nuisance, and those who don't share your passion for reptiles will make it illegal for you to own one. For many, the "idiot" is you. You may not care what others think, but I try to do my part to ensure that I, and my children, will be able to keep exotics in the future.

People have the right to dislike reptiles just as much as you have the right to enjoy them.

<blockquote data-quote="Quijibo" data-source="post: 54167" data-attributes="member: 1209">There's a HUGE difference between educating where invited, and educating where you are not. To think you can &quot;educate&quot; a person when you weren't asked is, at the very least, arrogant, as is assuming that their fears are ignorence. Some people are terrified of reptiles, just like there are some that are terrified of heights. You have as good a chance convincing them they are OK as they have of convincing you they are not. Ignorence also implies that there is no evidence to back up a persons concerns. There is plenty of evidence to show that many of their concerns are well founded. As for the opinion that you can convert someone who is &quot;on the fence&quot;, you have just as much of a chance of making that fence sitter an anti. There are many who just don't, and never will, care. We are the minority here. You have no constitutional &quot;right&quot; to own reptiles. Make yourself a nuisance, and those who don't share your passion for reptiles will make it illegal for you to own one. For many, the &quot;idiot&quot; is you. You may not care what others think, but I try to do my part to ensure that I, and my children, will be able to keep exotics in the future.People have the right to dislike reptiles just as much as you have the right to enjoy them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quijibo, post: 54167, member: 1209"] There's a HUGE difference between educating where invited, and educating where you are not. To think you can "educate" a person when you weren't asked is, at the very least, arrogant, as is assuming that their fears are ignorence. Some people are terrified of reptiles, just like there are some that are terrified of heights. You have as good a chance convincing them they are OK as they have of convincing you they are not. Ignorence also implies that there is no evidence to back up a persons concerns. There is plenty of evidence to show that many of their concerns are well founded. As for the opinion that you can convert someone who is "on the fence", you have just as much of a chance of making that fence sitter an anti. There are many who just don't, and never will, care. We are the minority here. You have no constitutional "right" to own reptiles. Make yourself a nuisance, and those who don't share your passion for reptiles will make it illegal for you to own one. For many, the "idiot" is you. You may not care what others think, but I try to do my part to ensure that I, and my children, will be able to keep exotics in the future. People have the right to dislike reptiles just as much as you have the right to enjoy them. [/QUOTE]

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