Kate,
        I too feel, not a bit, but very outraged by the posting of Mr. Barclay's
message on Conch-L.  For some it was a type of "American Joke" that was
laughed at and got a few people off.  I, for one, do not find this a joke ,
but an insult to the sensibilities of a group of people that have a duty to
uphold their values, as expressed for weeks on conservation. Funny is not
wiping out a population of any species and 1000 of any species from a
particular site is a massacre.  Even as a joke, it is unconscionable to
think about.  Are we now accepting "Black Humor" on Conch-L?
Dan Yoshimoto.
 
>Thankyou, Annette, for saying something that needed to be said.
>There have been some outrageously rapacious attitudes expressed and,
>at least tacitly, condoned recently.
>
>Kate Clark
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