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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2 Responses to “The Human Condition”

  1. Dimreaper on August 13, 2008 4:00 am

    To answer the question “why it is that when we see something unique, special and amazing we almost always feel the need to destroy it” the answer is simple, and can be used to explain lots of things:

    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/

  2. SuperBadGirl on August 13, 2008 11:18 am

    This just reminds me of something a few years back (I think I blogged about it when it happened) where scientists wanted to know more about the composition of some meteorite or something, so they blew it up.

    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?

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