vegan BJJ instructor interview

[JP]

this was not posted here yet? (lazy aussies...)

http://www.treehugger.uproar.org.au/ralph-lowe/

and check out who is getting a triangle choke

[soniczip]

i liked the interview a lot.

i didn't know the guy. he looks cool, especially in his attitute of showing what veganism is without preaching it.

tell me something JP: why is your right arm so straight? where you trying to punch him or just posing?

[baldy]

“Team Vegitsu”

Very good. Who is that good looking beast getting choked out?

[Clem Snide]

Cool!

[KC Masterpiece]

and check out who is getting a triangle choke

epic!

[Clem Snide]

Fame at last, JP. I bet they published the ONE photograph where you weren't whupping his ass.

[E-P]

and check out who is getting a triangle choke

Buahahahahah, didn't pay much attention on that comment before I checked the article and scrolled down, and laughed out loud.

[Aussiveg]

Where abouts is he located.
i just made a friend request with him, funny thing is that I'm a paramedic too in Sydney and do bjj and mma.
looks like a cool dude

[JP]

Where abouts is he located.
i just made a friend request with him, funny thing is that I'm a paramedic too in Sydney and do bjj and mma.
looks like a cool dude

in melbourne mate, dont know if he is on VF...? But he is on facebook.

[barnz2k]

this was not posted here yet? (lazy aussies...)

http://www.treehugger.uproar.org.au/ralph-lowe/

Ive seen this before though.. guess I saw it via facebook

[JP]

yeah i think people post more stuff through facebook these days - kind of insular, post stuff to your friends, most of which know all the shit already, and not post throuigh public forums where new interested people could actually see it.

It feels like a bad development with illusion of sharing information which doesnt actually reach the people searching for it.

[fredrikw]

yeah i think people post more stuff through facebook these days - kind of insular, post stuff to your friends, most of which know all the shit already, and not post throuigh public forums where new interested people could actually see it.

It feels like a bad development with illusion of sharing information which doesnt actually reach the people searching for it.

Although I agree to some extent, I wouldn't say that FB is insular. Sure, if you never share anything yourself the virality of the information stops right there, but for most people this is not the case. A couple of weeks ago a 17 year old girl managed to get 10 000 people to come to an anti-rasism demonstration in Stockholm in less than 24 hours, almost all done via Facebook. Hardly what I call insular and closed. Word of mouth is powerful, if people really share stuff among themselves, which quite a lot of people do.

Discussion forums like this has another way of reaching out, but I wouldn't have them in opposition, but rather different ways of getting the message out there.

[JP]

dont think that example works in this case though when talking about vegan info.

Its like push vs pull information. on open forums the information is available to those interested parties who actively seek it, like having an information stall on the street. In facebook the poster pushes it to his friends who probably already know about the issues or are not interested in it. Like that vegan outreach saying about how couple hours of leafletting is more effective than lifetime of arguing with friends and families.

But yeah they are not necessarily exclusive, though i think we have seen a drop of people posting information on open forums at the same time when they continue to bombard their friends with the stuff.

[fredrikw]

Yeah, as I said I do agree with most of what you said, it was just that insulated thing I thought was a bit generalized.

Would be interesting to see if it's true, the drop of postings. Couldn't you work your computer skills magics and present some nice graphs showing how it is? And then post it on Facebook or something

[knackers]

great photo JP

Im about to give this a go, pity I aint closer to melb otherwise team vegitsu would have another member, the club I'm gonna try also teaches judo, my first visit may look something like this -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyJFGUSa1iI