An Intelligent Media Question?
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An Intelligent Media Question?
The following concerns the recent fatal shark attack in Australia:
"He fell off the surfboard and the shark appeared and took him," Bell told reporters. "It tore him apart ... apparently it tore him in half and the other shark came in and took the rest."
Asked if there were any chance the victim had survived, Bell replied, "None whatsoever." Really!!!
Darn - I'd think he had at least a 50% (half) chance of surviving!
Steve
"He fell off the surfboard and the shark appeared and took him," Bell told reporters. "It tore him apart ... apparently it tore him in half and the other shark came in and took the rest."
Asked if there were any chance the victim had survived, Bell replied, "None whatsoever." Really!!!
Darn - I'd think he had at least a 50% (half) chance of surviving!
Steve
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The report I heard is the Australian govt is going after the shark, making an exception to hunting them due to this. Hhhhmmm. Wasn't the shark just being a shark? They do, after all, grab, shred & eat other critters for a living.
Sorry about the surfer, but some days just suck.
Sorry about the surfer, but some days just suck.
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How can anyone blame the shark(s) for doing what comes natural to them. Does this mean that the government is going to hunt me down when I kill a deer? As a scuba diver I accept the fact that when I enter the water I am not "the fittest" species and that I may get nibbled on, surfers, especially in that area, know the risks. The government should step back and realize that the shark(s) were only doing whats natural to them, hunting.
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I agree, the great whites were just being sharks, but that wasn't the reason for my post - kinda like, when a reporter sticks a mike in someone's face who just lost a loved one and asks, "So, how do you feel?" Really caring, sensitive, intelligent people!!!
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Originally Posted by 85e150six4mtod
The report I heard is the Australian govt is going after the shark, making an exception to hunting them due to this. Hhhhmmm. Wasn't the shark just being a shark? They do, after all, grab, shred & eat other critters for a living.
Sorry about the surfer, but some days just suck.
Sorry about the surfer, but some days just suck.
I don't think it should be killed either - its just being a shark.
But down here, our great whites, and our crocadiles are like your grizzly's...
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RE: Grizzlys.
We already killed 'em all in California and most of the lower 48.
Couple of years ago some dufus who was supposed to be Mr. Bear Expert & his GF served lunch to a bunch up in Alaska. Quite a story as this guy had a history of going around raising money and making a stink about poaching etc (which really PO'd the guy in a picture he spread around as the guy was part of a crew that transported Mr. Bear Expert) Anyway, the bears didn't complain about the poor taste.
Here in Calif. if someone gets chewed up by a mountain lion or a bear, they always go out and pop the lion or bear. I guess that teaches the rest of them a lesson, dadgummit.
Besides, how many great whites will they slice open till they find this guys OP shorts???/
As far as the crocs, seems to me anyone darn fool enough to tread on their territory has it coming.
Question: Does anyone ever come back from swimming down there?
We already killed 'em all in California and most of the lower 48.
Couple of years ago some dufus who was supposed to be Mr. Bear Expert & his GF served lunch to a bunch up in Alaska. Quite a story as this guy had a history of going around raising money and making a stink about poaching etc (which really PO'd the guy in a picture he spread around as the guy was part of a crew that transported Mr. Bear Expert) Anyway, the bears didn't complain about the poor taste.
Here in Calif. if someone gets chewed up by a mountain lion or a bear, they always go out and pop the lion or bear. I guess that teaches the rest of them a lesson, dadgummit.
Besides, how many great whites will they slice open till they find this guys OP shorts???/
As far as the crocs, seems to me anyone darn fool enough to tread on their territory has it coming.
Question: Does anyone ever come back from swimming down there?
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Swim with Sharks.................... and you might get invited to lunch, as the main course.
Man may be the most successful Mamalian species on Earth, at the moment. But he's not the top of the food chain on a great deal of it. Ask anyone who lives in Africa where Leapords hunt, or Lions, India with Tigers. I could go on.
Intelligent Media? That's an Oxymoron if there ever was one. A number of that clan may be good reporters/editors/writers but a majority are not. And any reporter getting in my face under the circumstance of having just lost a loved one might end up with the microphone in a very uncomfortable place. I'll deal with legal problems afterward.
Man may be the most successful Mamalian species on Earth, at the moment. But he's not the top of the food chain on a great deal of it. Ask anyone who lives in Africa where Leapords hunt, or Lions, India with Tigers. I could go on.
Intelligent Media? That's an Oxymoron if there ever was one. A number of that clan may be good reporters/editors/writers but a majority are not. And any reporter getting in my face under the circumstance of having just lost a loved one might end up with the microphone in a very uncomfortable place. I'll deal with legal problems afterward.
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