I liked your first letter...but I understand the change you made. Thanks
for
writing it.   Joyce N

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 20:55:18 +0000 Jack Eastman <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> I apologize. The previous email of this letter was the unrevized
> version. I
> felt that removing the sarcasm in the second paragraph improved my
> message.
> Jack
>
> Ongoing Fish Kills
>
> What concerns me most about the latest fish kill (Lott's Creek),
> besides
> the scale of it (600.000), is the subtext underlying the fact that
> these
> kills just keep happening. I do believe we can keep writing letters
> until
> we're blue in the face and the situation is not going to change. Mr.
> Beeman's article in the Register hints at the subtext when he
> mentions that
> most of the fish killed were nonsport, as though this is some kind
> of
> conciliation; as if the lives of these animals are of little more
> importance
> than their contribution to our sport fishermen.  I doubt if God
> makes the
> sport distinction when he views the destruction.
>
> One hundred and twenty-seven incidents since 1995 says that the
> industries
> behind these incidents, and the government responsible for
> regulations and
> enforcement, are not putting too much of a price tag on hooking
> solutions.
> It's not enough to just hope there will be no more spills. If we let
> it go
> on we are going to desensitize even more and that's the poorest of
> solutions.
>
> Are we  to accept these kills as the unfortunate price of business?
> Sometimes, when I read of these spills, I feel like a fish flapping
> on the
> beach, as I lie in bed tossing and turning , alternating between
> grief for
> these helpless animals and the way they died, and the anager and
> frustration
> that I can't do anything about it. I'll keep writing letters.
> Someone please
> listen.
>
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