Worry not!
This time, I'm not gonna utter the dreaded B-word! :)
So, that horrible woman is coming back.
And she is, obviously, totally unrepentant - as in, you are the company you keep!
Op-ed by David here!
PS - Christie Wilcox (much too politely and intellectually) here!
PPS - David on SFS here!
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That does look fun!!
I'm sure the "b-word" you're talking about is "barbaric," and I find it to still be very applicable (among other choice words).
kat77
This article is completely dishonest at worst, wildly disingenuous at best. And anyone who actually believes that photograph is real needs to have their head examined.
The hammerhead was not listed as endangered in the United States when Rosie O'Donnell's *daughter* caught a fish. The only reason you probably can't/won't be sued for libel is because you made sure to differentiate the IUCN redlist of endangerment-an organization that is constantly subject to its own criticism and an organization in which the VAST majority of Americans are unaware of existing, let alone knowing what's on their list at a given moment. But a good attorney would sue you and Slate for libel anyway with a great case of horribly bad faith representation of facts of a public figure, not to mention the discrepancies in the article and the title.
You-David Schiffman-are not looking to spread information and truth or to help save sharks. You're looking to public flagellate and shame this woman for an action she committed in good faith because she did not personally apologize to YOU. The sense of entitlement here is awe inspiring.
I suggest people unfollow Slate and unfollow this author as well, because he's taking ownership of a moral high ground not rightfully his to claim.
Wow.
1. Actually, anybody who does NOT believe that photograph is real needs to have their head examined!
2. An animal is endangered not because somebody puts in on a list but because it is seriously at risk of extinction! -- which most if not all populations of Hammerheads are!
And finally.
3. Killing big charismatic predators (or for the matter, any animal) merely for FUN and braggadocio is ethically appalling - and teaching your kids to do so even more!
Oh dear, Kat77 -- a little out of our intellectual depth, are we?
There's another photo of the dead hammerhead and R O'D and her family posing with it here -
http://www.sportfishingmag.com/blogs/tightening-drag/rosie-o-donnell-shark-hunter
...Another fake, Kat77? Another fake posted by the shark-killing fishing boat captain whose business R O'D endorses? If so, Kat77, don't you think R O'D should be suing Quartiano?
Here's another thought for that fine intellect of yours. You can't have it both ways: either those are fakes photo or there is indeed a dead hammerhead strung up and caught either by R O'D or (according to your claim) her daughter. See if you can grasp that fact. Go and sit in the corner with your teddy bear and try thinking it through from beginning to end (I know, I know, a bit of an effort).
Meanwhile: is Rosie O'Donnell's daughter (who you claim caught the fish, Kat77) the tiny little girl in the photo?
If so, what a splendid and heroic and fun activity this 'sports'-shark-fishing lark must be (killing endangered animals) in the unlikely event that it was indeed this child who landed/killed an animal vastly larger and stronger than herself. What a great way to educate a child: teaching it to kill endangered animals.
So who are you, Kat77? Just another celebrity-obsessed idiot who thinks celebrities can do no wrong, R O'D herself, or a member of her family?
Greetings, Comradette Kat77!
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Avosk-Brakoskov is a great place if you like ice. And snow. And yellow snow (see below about the urinals). And blizzards. And as long as the vodka does not freeze. That happened last winter - emergency!!! - and I had to check in to the hospital for intravenous vodka. Close call.
But now is summer and the fun season! The urinals are not frozen so we go tobogganing with the sailors from the amphibious assault vessel Boris Yeltsin!!!!
Continued...
Um, why is DS rehashing a catch story from two years ago?
I thought this was covered then to much Internet teeth gnashing and whatnot.
It was effective and made a fine point at that time - two years ago.
Catch me if I am wrong, but this time he's taking umbrage because R'OD just got tapped for a new TV show.
Begging the question, "does the conservation community get to rehash old (730 day) stories to make further points?"
Put another way, if this story was chum, the stink would have been gone by now.
Big Fan of the Shiffman most times, think this time he's overreaching just a tad, maybe a smidge, perhaps a modicum of media WTF going on here.
From DS Blog:
This incident happened years ago, why are you upset about it now?
"Rosie was recently brought on to be a co-host of the View, a choice made at least partially because one of the last co-hosts to be let go, Jenny McCarthy, had opinions about autism and vaccines squarely on the wrong side of public policy. Rosie clearly has some troubling opinions about the conservation of endangered species, an issue very important to me."
Important enough to find some fresh news stories that have relevance today, surely there's fresh content out there without beating a very fat, unrepentant, and very dead horse?
Or will you Ahab her into a media/conservation thinking submission:
"SLATE Magazine, I set ye a task. Take these media harpoons and two year old images of Rosie with a dead shark. Melt them down. Forge me new weapons that will strike deep and hold fast. But do not douse them in water; they must have a proper baptism. What say ye, all ye men and women of Conservation? Will you give as much blood as shall be needed to temper the steel?"
That's mouthful of truth.
But then again, it has prompted the comment by third latrine attendant Igor Igorigorevich - and that alone makes this a highly gratifying exercise!
Indeed, also a fan of Igor Igorigorevich's "Treatise on the Simple Man" a delightful tome.
You know you have a good blog when the comment threads are just as/even more entertaining than the posts. Kudos to all!
Hear hear! :)
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