ehh, you said: Lol.
I can only assume from your quotes and "lol" that you are implying that there is an inconsistency between the quotes. There is not. I don't usually respond unless there is a sincere interest in an actual discussion, but just to clarify: For me, much of my interest in keeping fish is keeping them as well as I can (vs., for example, the aquascaping or watching them eat, or breeding, or whatever). I am similarly into gardening because I like having plants that thrive, though if I tire of a plant I will dig it up and give it away or throw it on the compost pile.
So that is one half of it.
The other half is that I try not to be hypocritical about this hobby; I try to be alert to the reality that we are all keeping fish in a necessarily poor proxy for a wild life (though one, granted, with less predation) for our own amusement. Which is fine. They're fish. I actually happen to have had catfish at a restaurant three nights ago...if you know what I mean.
I just find it interesting that people draw more or less arbitrary lines about what is the right/moral way to keep fish and what is not. And then they pat themselves on the back about it.
Anyway, you started with only two statements. One, you don't "get it" and two, you think it is "silly". All I am saying is I do get it, and I don't.
I can only assume from your quotes and "lol" that you are implying that there is an inconsistency between the quotes. There is not. I don't usually respond unless there is a sincere interest in an actual discussion, but just to clarify: For me, much of my interest in keeping fish is keeping them as well as I can (vs., for example, the aquascaping or watching them eat, or breeding, or whatever). I am similarly into gardening because I like having plants that thrive, though if I tire of a plant I will dig it up and give it away or throw it on the compost pile.
So that is one half of it.
The other half is that I try not to be hypocritical about this hobby; I try to be alert to the reality that we are all keeping fish in a necessarily poor proxy for a wild life (though one, granted, with less predation) for our own amusement. Which is fine. They're fish. I actually happen to have had catfish at a restaurant three nights ago...if you know what I mean.
I just find it interesting that people draw more or less arbitrary lines about what is the right/moral way to keep fish and what is not. And then they pat themselves on the back about it.
Anyway, you started with only two statements. One, you don't "get it" and two, you think it is "silly". All I am saying is I do get it, and I don't.
