The Human Condition
August 11th, 2008
I wonder why it is that when we see something unique, special and amazing we almost always feel the need to destroy it.
Giant 3,300 Lbs Stingray Caught by Local Fisherman | Weird Asia News
Early in the morning around 2:00am a fishing boat near Hainan Sanya in China caught what is likely to be one of the largest stingrays ever caught.
Casting nets, the fishermen caught a 3,300 lbs Stingray, which took about 3 hours to pull back into the boat. The net was strong enough to hold the huge fish, but the struggle cause the stingray to die.
The stingray measured about 16 1/2 foot in width.
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The world is full of f***wits that by now should have been removed by natural selection. Unfortunately they’re still here and we have to share the planet with them.
A real shame about the giant ray, but it also applies to smaller things - like someone walking in the woods sees a lovely, rare or unusual flower…so they pick it and take it home where it will die in a day or so.
Surprisingly, this isn’t just liniked to Westerners - it’s a planet-wide problem, which just goes to show that f***wits are everywhere.
I will finish by referring to my current favourite picture:
http://dimreaper.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/why-this-picture-made-me-cry/
It’s like kids killing cats to see what’s inside. I mean, stop destroying things so you can understand them better. What good is understanding it, once you’ve blown it up?
And anyway, isn’t it a bad idea to blow up a thing if you don’t know what it’s made of? What if it was full of pissed-off, radioactive space-kittens?