Talk:Earth ponies/@comment-75.82.51.1-20130210053250/@comment-5837525-20130210065917

There's a difference between harvesting and growing. I can pick flowers and apples if I were a five-year-old, but that doesn't automatically mean I know how to grow them. (As if it's rocket science, right? LOL) Also, Fluttershy's more in touch with animals than plants, and Rainbow Dash may be able to take Applejack on in a test of strength, but can she farm or bake? But that's beside the point.

Pony society CAN be seen as a caste system if you choose to see it as such, and once you do, it can be hard to get your mind off it. But as much as I can try and convince you otherwise, I'm no good at the art of persuasion. Besides, it's just as you say: in the end, it's a cartoon. Lauren Faust had a concrete idea in mind for this in-show culture, so I just roll with it. If the writers don't want to address it, there's no real need to dwell on it. I personally think the last thing this show needs is more ammo to give oversensitive parents and rights activists.

(And far be it from me to tamper with another's headcanon. Kung fu Earth ponies? Go for it, man. ;D)