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(tmon) wrote:

From: (George*Cleveland)

Well my take on this episode is this:
To the vast majority of people who fished the resort's pond the fish
were just another "attraction", something the resort provided for their
benefit and amusement, paid for by the guests own money. So the fish are
removed in their minds as having the status of functioning members of an
ecosystem and instead are demoted to the role of play"things".
Objectivization, pure and simple. Whether fish, women, ecosystems or
entire planets, the fate of all "objects" is to use them until they no
longer amuse us and then toss them away. Your concern for the well being
of the fish would probably be met by a lack of understanding on the part
of many of the guests. Either that or you would be seen as a party
pooper type.
g.c.
Still wondering where we're going to find another planet.

And there were pamphlets in the lobby, "How To Safely Release A Fish"
which I'm sure few people even bothered to read.


As a follow up to my previous post, if you truely want to be humane, you
need to fish like a writter in flyfisherman. Many many years ago I read
the article, the author dry fly fishes and cuts off the hook. Thus he
never hooks the fish. He just fishes for the excitement of getting fish
to rise to his fly. I kid thy not. (the article was in the 1980's)