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. > ....... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 27 2008 - 05:00:16 PDT
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