“Being the strange person I am, I often spend a lot of time thinking about what the best animal in the world is. I’ve come to the conclusion that the camel is the best – but not one believes me.
What do I do?”
Geo Flannery
Liam’s Answer
Camels as ‘best animal in the world’ is potentially a divisive statement. Sure, Jesus said camels can get into heaven easily, but a lot of people don’t believe in god anymore, and will need more convincing.
The best way to make people follow your unpopular cause is to get it aligned to helping the War on Terror in some way.
For example, Australia has proposed a law that gives authorities powers to arrest and detain people suspected of involvement in terrorist activities without charge. Before the war on terror, that would have stood a snow-flake’s chance in Hell of getting up. Now, it’s about to be law.
Your problem is that most countries are going to think of camels as being on “the other side” in the war on terror. Taking the very simplistic view that anything to do with Arabs is Moslem, and that all Moslem’s are evil incarnate, many people will immediately assume that camel’s are as potentially lethal as a 747 on it’s way towards a tall building.
Which means that your first step is to convince the world that they shouldn’t be paranoid, shouldn’t jump to outrageous conclusions, and shouldn’t judge the legitimate concerns of many by the horrendous acts of a few.
And given the current climate, I’d say you have a snowflake’s chance in Hell of doing that.
Have you thought about the merits of the bald-eagle?
Chris’ Answer
Strap a bomb to your chest, walk into your local shopping mall, and threaten to blow yourself up unless people signed a petition stating their agreement that camels are the best.
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