On one of the RARE occasions that I actually watch Current Affairs programs, like when I can't gain the effort to change the channel after the real news programs, I inevitably see something that pisses me off, and this past Thursday was no different. It had been on, and I wrote this rant. then i decided not to post it. Then back it came again and that was it. Right over the edge for me. I had to put this up here, because while i feel sorry for the mother, IT DIDN'T MAKE THEM SEEM ANY LESS STUPID!!!
Now there was a certain story, on a certain Current Affairs Show in Australia about a young girl, I think 11 years old, being killed, and presumably eaten by a crocodile near Darwin, three weeks ago. Understandably, her grandmother, who was the one interviewed, is quite grief-stricken.
I'm going to come right out and say this. Grief is not an excuse, for stupid.
She said some things that really irked me, and one of them, and I believe this is verbatim;
"they're moving in on us. Moving in. We're not moving in on them"
I'm sorry, but what the fuck. Really. It's not "moving in" when we demolish the bush, scrub, THEIR GOD DAMN HOMES, whatever, to build houses? No sir, Dunnah Dunnah, they're coming for you. No, they aren't. They're coming to eat! I do think it sucks that this poor girl wound up lunch for what most people would describe as a monster, but she points out early in the interview, that every time it rained, the crocodiles would travel about 30kilometers looking for food! I'm not sure what better sign you need to stay the hell away from the muddy waters, but I'd say that's a pretty good sign.
This lady wants crocodiles who are out to eat to be shot dead. Seriously, show some damn common sense. If you really don't want them around, have them moved back away from civilization, or shoot the damn things yourself.
I'm really sorry to have to say this, but a combination of personal stupidity and poor supervision lead to this being a case of natural selection at it's finest.
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A great blog mate keep it up!
ReplyDeleteNatural selection is happening online..we are being driven into a society where we sit in front of screens tapping out burps of text to make a noise. To lots of people this is life today.
ReplyDeleteWe are de-programing our high communication skills both verbal and written and well crafted physique for living.
There will soon be generations of people basically slave to a online environment thinking this is life.
Reality is they are just doing the dirty work for those who are living a life well away from a grease stained keyboard.
Crocodile eats girl, how about internet eats man.
Would it fall under the same banner of stupidity and poor supervision.
Maybe a case of a very new sort of natural selection by machine.