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I expect that I’m not going to convince my friend anonyme on this, but in this young man’s defense, I’d like to cite the following tidbit from today’s Seattle Times.
Please pay special attention to the second paragraph:
The Washington state Department of Fish & Wildlife announced Thursday that it will consider bans on octopus harvesting near popular Seattle beaches and possibly other areas in Puget Sound.
Dylan Mayer, the octopus hunter who sparked an outrage when he took one of the charismatic animals at Cove 2, a popular dive site in West Seattle, was the first voice for a ban on hunting in the cove at a public hearing before the state Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting in Olympia.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019640738_octopus09m.html
Now please consider that this young man, after having already taken considerable public criticism, came to a meeting where he knew he could expect even MORE criticism . . . and expressed remorse for his actions, while at the same time giving full support to a new law that would forever stand in condemnation of what he did.
To me that doesn’t sound like an “angle.” That sounds like a genuine change of heart. A change of heart of the kind we sadly don’t see too much of anymore.
Dylan’s made some serious errors, yes. But what he’s done to atone for those errors is certainly more than some of our recent Presidents have done to atone for their considerably graver ones.
But then, perhaps we’re holding this young man to a higher standard than the one to which we hold our leaders.
Think about that.
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