jbird69
First - I read the original thread before happening upon this one. I have to admit, as I skimmed through one post after another, I found myself becoming more and more irritated by your contributions.
Second - I very rarely decide to involve myself is such a thread, and so, did not. I just left the thread feeling a vague sense of sympathy for the OP.
Now, even in this thread, you have continued your efforts to edify those of use whose morality, in respect to defenseless wildlife, you consider lacking. One could definitely accept your premise. Perhaps the OP of the other thread should have left the animals be. Perhaps. The problem is, IMHO, the way you go about creating a better world.
In the other thread you stated: "Now I know this is going to be hard to digest so I'll type it real slow okay??? O-P-I-N-I-O-N Ever hear of one of those? Ever have someone offer a different one from your own?"
Now, although the above statement is not your whole post, the context and meaning are fairly reflected. I must say, I have often had someone offer an opinion that differed widely from my own. However, I have very seldom has someone offer a differing opinion with such obvious - I have to call it as I see it - arrogance. Here, let my give you a couple of examples. Two of your posts:
"How do you know they will live in captivity? Its too bad their lives have become an experiment. It probably would have been wise to only collect one and see how it did before you harvested the whole beach? There are many species that are illegal to harvest. You obviously did not know what these things were but went ahead and collected them anyway. I think thats quite irresposible personally."
"Well, I just re read your original post, You really had no clue of what you collected according to your post. So your practicing to be a marine biologist and your asking us for an ID? And when you catch a little flack for what you did youre surprised?.... Well, anyway, you have fun with your new friends."
I think - and again, it's just my opinion - if you can read those two posts, and really not understand why you evoke such hostility, then we all have no option but to give up and go home. To all who think I'm way off base - have at me ....
BTW - I really had to force myself to post this after reading such heartfelt and honest posts by snorvich and BangkokMatt - but I just feel this needed to be said. I spend a lot of time on RC and I'm looking for knowledge, not controversy.
First - I read the original thread before happening upon this one. I have to admit, as I skimmed through one post after another, I found myself becoming more and more irritated by your contributions.
Second - I very rarely decide to involve myself is such a thread, and so, did not. I just left the thread feeling a vague sense of sympathy for the OP.
Now, even in this thread, you have continued your efforts to edify those of use whose morality, in respect to defenseless wildlife, you consider lacking. One could definitely accept your premise. Perhaps the OP of the other thread should have left the animals be. Perhaps. The problem is, IMHO, the way you go about creating a better world.
In the other thread you stated: "Now I know this is going to be hard to digest so I'll type it real slow okay??? O-P-I-N-I-O-N Ever hear of one of those? Ever have someone offer a different one from your own?"
Now, although the above statement is not your whole post, the context and meaning are fairly reflected. I must say, I have often had someone offer an opinion that differed widely from my own. However, I have very seldom has someone offer a differing opinion with such obvious - I have to call it as I see it - arrogance. Here, let my give you a couple of examples. Two of your posts:
"How do you know they will live in captivity? Its too bad their lives have become an experiment. It probably would have been wise to only collect one and see how it did before you harvested the whole beach? There are many species that are illegal to harvest. You obviously did not know what these things were but went ahead and collected them anyway. I think thats quite irresposible personally."
"Well, I just re read your original post, You really had no clue of what you collected according to your post. So your practicing to be a marine biologist and your asking us for an ID? And when you catch a little flack for what you did youre surprised?.... Well, anyway, you have fun with your new friends."
I think - and again, it's just my opinion - if you can read those two posts, and really not understand why you evoke such hostility, then we all have no option but to give up and go home. To all who think I'm way off base - have at me ....
BTW - I really had to force myself to post this after reading such heartfelt and honest posts by snorvich and BangkokMatt - but I just feel this needed to be said. I spend a lot of time on RC and I'm looking for knowledge, not controversy.
You know what would be a nice feature for ReefCentral? If you are a member for long enough and you are nice. You should be able to get a tag that says "I am nice". And then when you went to make new posts, you could limit the responses to "Other people who are nice". Sound like a good idea?
