Posted on 12/17/2004 8:25:22 PM PST by Mongeaux
The kid doesn't listen to warnings about making yourself look like a seal. He does it in the shark capital of the world. Then you blame the shark for being a shark.
Yes it is tragic, but the kid was an idiot.
And how are they going to know which shark it is? Are they going to check for hair between its teeth before killing it?
;^)
Ditto!!
Oh man, I almost spit out my drink at the last line. There are some very sensitive freepers on this thread. I am a scuba diver & have gone on shark dives....but I was in a steel cage. I'd never let someone pull me around the Austarlian coast in a dinghy really fast. That is crazy.
I am briefly changing my tagline for this thread.
"And how are they going to know which shark it is? Are they going to check for hair between its teeth before killing it?"
shoot them all and let God sort them out....
Well, now that we know the sharks were murderers and probably killed this innocent kid just to terrorize the world, I'd be looking for the shark yelling "Allah akbar!"
When we water-skied on the Saigon river back into Saigon proper we had to pass under guarded bridges. No stopping.
When we water-skied in Irian Jaya we skied in areas known to be the breeding and migration areas of salt water crocks from N Aussie land. Not a good place to get cute and fall.
We always discussed the risk. Acknowledged them and made a choice. Ski or not.
Playing on the edge has risks. Not willing to accept them is OK - so don't do it.
Choose to do it with the associated aderalin rush - then get some.
No victims.
To sally forth in ignorance is just stupid. And a possible Darwin nominee.
Get the facts - make your choice and then go for it.
Exterminating the local inhabitants to have "safe" play does not rate high in my book.
I only bought this bottle because I thought the label hysterical. It is :
REX GOLIATH: GIANT 47 POUND ROOSTER
A free range cabernet.....
All my wines have twist off corks.
OK then , go White Pointer hunting with Little Birds
mounting twin mini-guns .
They're going to need a bigger boat.
If I lived in Australia I don't think I'd go in the ocean unless my feet were touching, just in case I had to make a quick retreat. You'd have to have a death wish to go out in deep water out there - Great Whites sure seem to like company lately !!
The twist offs will be replacing the corkscrews...they are actually better at keeping the wine.
No, it was the grandmothers boat. You must read these articles carefully.
How did you stick that label on my monitor?
Looks like a fun wine.
Doubtless a stray lepton, or perhaps a muon.
Arrrggh, matey...today is talk like a Pirate Physicist day, din't ya noo that?
Avast, ye blasted neutrinos!
"...what we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all. "
Well, I got the speech from a quotes page for Jaws...can't vouch for the accuarcy...but it looked about right to me.
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