wally wrote on Jun 22
nd, 2010 at 11:31am:
PJin, not only trebbles but electronics and ultimatly fishing will be on the chopping block. For that matter, some would also like to see you and I out of there as well....since we are indeed alive. Ok, I jest, somewhat. There is a certain faction up there....
It's no secret park usage is declining. As less and less paddlers who fish use the park, the small but vocal ones who would like to see the park use limited to photographs only will be looking to set the policy.
Nothing against the non-fisherman/women, I enjoy their work and like to take pics as well.
Remember the ban on bear hunting? Not driven by science, but by emotion, fanned by PETA folks from Toronto who had the money and political clout to get their agenda pushed thru.
Their video of a so called hunter violating the bear hunting rules made it seem like that was a everyday occurrence
Even though the legitimate sportsman's groups, biologists and outfitters and rural folk who's livelihood depends on the cash spent by hunters, cried foul, the damage was done.
The vast majority of people both here and in Canada are not sportsmen. Many have the "Bambi" mentality when it comes to hunting and fishing. The seem to have no idea that whether you buy your meat/fish in a market, or catch it yourself, something dies so you can eat. There easily swayed by clever PR designed to show sportsmen as cruel and inhumane people who butcher living things, strictly for the thrill of it.
Peta's ultimate goal is too have everyone be a Vegan. Nothing the matter with being one, but that's a personal choice, not one that should be forced down our throats.
There sophisticated enough to their victory' a little here, a little there.
As less and less young people take too the woods and streams, their job gets easier and easier. First it will be the ban on hunting and fishing in areas funded by the general public, then it will be the supermarkets and food combines that supply domestic fowl and meat.
Might seem ridiculous at first thought, but that's what the people who's livelihood depends on outfitting hunters, said about the bear hunting ban.
Science doesn't stand a chance when met by clever PR and emotion fueled by ignorance.
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