I think his statement is ridiculous as well, but you people here act like the thought police.
You people?
Skipjack, if you're not careful you will be labeled the next Polypterus; one who has zero people skills and simply upsets people.
People skills are entirely overrated.
Wake up...have a cup of coffee and get motivated
What about his point of most people in the US not being native? How do you rationalize that? We were brought here by humans and introduced to the detriment of the native flora and fauna.
Once again you fail to see that man has legs. Man had at a time developed into nomadic way of life. In a way, man was made to travel. This is not to lessen the fact that man has sculpted the Amercian landscape for better or for worse. Some fishes travel extensively also (I recall tagged carp being found over 300 river miles from tagging location) but you can't seem to accept the fact that
FISH MUST REMAIN IN THE WATER AND THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN A LAND MAMMAL. Look at coyotes. People didn't grab a bunch of Coyotes and drive them East...they've been moving East for a some time and now there here to stay. As far as your smarmy "rationalize" comment...You dare ask someone that can actually recognize the difference between water and land barriers how they rationalize when you want to grab fish from the wild that you don't even intend to care for just to dump them back....Please tell us how you rationalize this before getting smarmy with "you people".
Since you don't mind posting here telling people how they should act to suit your needs (makes you feel comfortable), I'll tell you how you should act. First study. Think about a subject and look at it from all possible angles. Form an opinion on it. Listen to what others have to say about it and if you had originally studied well, your opinion shall remain intact. As new information becomes available your opinion will change....This is not bad. I'd also recommend that actually caring how others view you is really for shallow people and you should care much less how you, I, poly or skipjack are viewed.
Very few positions life actually require a flawless appearance and most don't need the types of people skills you seem to have. If you have convictions and stick to them, you'll on occasion appear as arrogant and in some cases come downright rude when confronted with complete lack of thought. These things happen in life.....If feathers are ruffled so easily then one should take twice the amount of time
BEFORE they post thinking about what they intend to say. Maybe even try Google before they post. In other words...."you people" don't think about what your posting until you type. "You people" often suffer from diarrhea of the fingers.