No disrespect, but if we apply that thinking, shouldn't the earliest
American settlers have been satisfied with just New England? Of
course not. It's what man does. He has an inquiring mind and an
insatiable appetite for having whatever it is that he doesn't already
have (in most cases) plenty of. The pioneers did not find the native
Americans to be "quaint and colorful," they saw them as impediments
to their Westward expansion. We all know what happened then. Don't
even start me on Iraq. I know your intentions are good, but in
context, and particularly for a country that wishes to begin
slaughtering whales because they have overfished their local waters,
what's one squid more or less.

It's amazing that we have this totally free forum with which to share
our thoughts. Edy, your heart is in the right place, but history
proves there are always people who refuse to just "leave them be,"
regardless of who "them" might be.

On that note, I'll wish you a Merry Christmas back.

Warmest regards,
Jim

On Dec 23, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Eddy Wilmet wrote:

> Hi, like many other over this globe I saw yesterday on the evening
> news,
> some japanese filmfootage of a giant squid, hunting in Japanese
> waters.
> It was a small specimen which got "lost" in undeep waters.
> In the name of science the "beast" was captured by Japanese
> "scientists'
> who killed it, so it could be forwarded to one of their
> universities for
> further study.
> Even if we dont know a lot about this animals, and being a
> shellcollector
> myself I do wonder if we always have to kill everything that we see
> on this
> earth just to study it.
> Couldn't we just enjoy the splendor of these animals and leave them
> be....
> Merry X-Mas everyone.
>
> Edy WILMET (Belgium)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Toni Stanzione" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:13 PM
> Subject: Giant squid filmed live
>
>
>> Check out this story on the giany squid it might be of interest to
>> some of
>> you:
>>
>> http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoChannel.aspx?
>> storyid=0e4daf2c9503387b6a614482bc1d5d8a4ae79972
>>
>> TONI
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