So many goofy Opinions and Comments . . .

Scrolling through the news feed on Face Book recently, I came upon a photo of a large shark lying dead on the dock in Port Aransas, as a happy and proud fisherman stood posing for the photograph with his boat tied to the dock in the background.  That dude was going to be showing off with that photo all the days of his life!!

I guarantee you that happy dude did not have a clue what he was about to unleash on Face Book! In a short period of time there were a large number of comments under the photo . . . and the vast majority of those comments expressed horror that this vile, wicked, and evil man had “murdered that magnificent and noble creature” . . . and other such comments.  As I read a few of those comments, I became confused and had to go back and look at the photo again to verify.  As I did so, I thought to myself, “What did I miss?  I was certain that was a danged old shark on that dock . . .”  My second look verified that sure enough, it was, indeed, a danged old shark on that dock!!!  When I first looked at the dock photo, I simply wondered how in the heck they had managed to get that big fish out of the water and onto the dock.

As I reexamined the photo, I wondered, “Where is that magnificent creature . . . that noble creature” . . . which those silly people were lamenting over?  It just made me laugh . . . what a bunch of nuts!  Well, I chuckled until the thought came to me that they are all around me . . . they get to vote too!  Now, it isn’t funny . . .

What on earth were they squawking about? . . . That is exactly what men do with sharks . . . what they have always done with sharks . . . what they will always do with sharks!  We catch them, haul them in, and hang them up, take a few photos and then cut the nasty old scavenger up with a hacksaw . . . and share the meat with anybody . . . everybody on the dock.

Gee, that is actually the very reason why the City, the State, or some local political subdivision purchased and installed that big, expensive, electric lifting devise onto the dock . . . to lift those big rascals out of the water!  In fact, Port A wants many of those photos distributed . . . they are great for tourism!

It has been going on ever since man first began using boats and fishing . . . and nothing really changes . . . I mean . . .

. . . The sun continues to rise in the morning and sets in the evening;

. . . Babies continue to be born daily;

. . . People continue to find things to laugh about; and

. . . News sources continue to report from time-to-time that a shark attack has occurred.

Yet, no respected, knowledgeable, or recognized source involved with studying the oceans of the earth have decreed that there is a shortage of sharks, or that they are somehow endangered.  So, my question is simply, “What’s the problem?”

It seems to me . . . that there is a whole lot of “goofy” going on . . . and a whole lot of folks are offering unqualified opinions and comments relative to subjects about which they know very little.  But I suppose that has been going on for a long time.

In fact, I would bet there were many varied and goofy opinions voiced about the subjects of . . . “Rain” . . . a vessel being referred to an “Ark” . . . an old preacher man called Noah . . . as well as his legal right to put animals on that goofy looking vessel.  Then . . . it began to rain, and none of those opinions meant anything!   I would also wager that a bunch of those opinionated folks experienced a serious change of mind . . . and they did so really quickly!


 

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