Re: [Paddlewise] Another incidence of the "amusement park syndrome"

From: Chris Broome <cbroome_at_calpoly.edu>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:37:51 -0700
Is this another classic case of "it's not my responsibility, so blame 
someone else because I didn't think"  ?

The alligators were almost certainly there long before the kid, or his 
ancestors.

Perhaps the alligators and wildlife should sue us for letting the human 
  population rise so quickly and  destroy their environment  (and OUR 
environment).

I'm probably callous, but it is  difficult to find much sympathy with 
his line of reasoning.


-- Chris Broome




Craig Jungers wrote:
>.......
> The kid is now saying that it's the fault of the environmentalists for
> allowing the population of alligators to rise to such a high level. Maybe
> he's right. I wondered about that years ago when it became clear that
> alligators could breed much faster than people had thought.
> 
.......
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