Cappy I sympathize with your position on this matter. I can almost agree
with it in part. Unfortunately It was Danny's comment on his hatred of
sharks because they "got in his way" and thus had to be shot.............
that was posted at the exact moment in time when my bottle of amber
overproof ran dry! Even you good Capt. can understand the sudden change in
temperament induced when faced with such a situation. The chum trail had
been laid by the victim and my response to initiate a feeding frenzy had
already been established.

Despite his many opportunities to save face he has failed to rise to the
occasion. Newbies must learn that when they venture onto the water....
ignorance of the fuana is no excuse.

CM





"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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| It was with great dismay that I read the latest contributions to alt.
| sailing.asa.
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| I had hoped that the new, so-called and self-proclaimed newsgroup
| leadership would not allow things to become so out of control.
| There simply is no justification for such debasement of what used
| to be an example of creativity and good humor.
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| I am saddened when I see newbies hung up as trophies. I am
| disgusted when I see the typical, obese, smug, cruel and psychopathic,
| long time trollers standing in front of a string of dead fish and who
| are proud they conquered said fish by utilizing a boat and equipment
| which has not been upgraded in years and years. This makes them
| examples of big, proud newsgroup trollers?
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| Negative! That makes them losers - sad and disgusting losers.
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| What's even worse than these losers is any camp follower who
| capitalizes on images of cruelty to animals to swell their ego.
| Recent studies have proven that fish feel pain just like other
| animals feel pain. To hook a fish, play it until it is exhausted,
| gaff it and haul it aboard to entertain camp followers is just plain
| sick.
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| Do the same thing to a raccoon, pelican, dog or cat and you
| will be arrested. Playing with life - any life - is not admirable
behavior.
| Most 'played' and released fish die because all their energy reserves
| are exhausted from the struggle and injuries between fish and
| well trained trolling machine. Where's the glory in such cruelty
| when the odds are all on the side of the troller? It's one thing to
| catch a fish to feed a human's stomach. It's quite another thing to
| catch a fish to feed a human's ego!
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| Worse yet, where's the glory for any camp follower encouraging and
| normalizing such an aberration? Why does any groupie wish to feed
| a human's ego at the great suffering of any of God's creatures? Isn't it
| time that at least one newsgroup took a stand and made a statement
| against cruelty to animals instead of supporting it so as to get a few
| jollies and to emulate all the other tawdry examples of unmoderated
| newsgroups gone awry? Isn't it about time at least one newsgroup
| took a stand against cruelty to animals by exposing sport trolling
| for what it is.
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| After all, somebody needs to tell it like it is. Sport trolling is no
sport.
| Sport trolling is cruelty to animals. People who are proud to have their
| pictures taken with victims of their cruelty are not people to be admired
| and publicized. These people are sad and disgusting. Even sadder and
| more disgusting are those who would proffer said behavior as normal
| behavior.
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| Please, Booby and gang, have a little pity on the likes of Danny Taddei
| and other such newbies who just don't get it.
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