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Originally Posted by PBangler
To me the real problem is how successful the Enviro campaign to convince the masses that all US fisheries are doomed due to overfishing (i.e. Worm study, etc.) has been. Just ask people who don’t fish in this state how our fisheries are doing and most will say they're in trouble. It doesn’t matter whether they’re dems or reps, it’s what they believe. And if that sentiment is within our own state, it’s surely a held belief by many across the country.
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Very, very true. That comes from the use of the word "overfishing," which is simply a legal term and not a scientific one. I rarely (if ever) use it in the magazine I publish, and I wish the others, as well as newspapers, would follow my lead.
It's a very common tactic used by enviros on a host of issues. The air is bad, the water is bad, we'll be wiped off the map in 15 years thanks to global warming. It's all smoke and mirrors to get people in a tizzy while they get their very anti-progress agenda passed quietly through the legislature so politicians can advertise on TV that they are "committed to protecting our environment." Republicans are just weasles on the issue while Democrats are often far more sinister, using enviro-hysteria to create new streams of tax revenue to promote their social agenda. See: cap and trade.
I was talking to someone recently who said "there are no flounder out there anymore." I tried to educate the fellow, he didn't believe me.
