To quote from the article
"We kill birds. This is, of course, utter nonsense." Having just described
how they had (apparently legally) just killed a cormorant for daring to eat
fish!
2010/1/14 Tim Jones <>
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> Dear All,
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> Thought you might like to see the following (see link below in the chain).
> Just shows that there it doesn't matter which side you are on, there are
> always ignorant idiots who will stop at nothing to make a point. I like the
> clever tactical mention of 'cold clear and precise detail' in the first
> paragraph. It's possible that the second and third paragraphs are factually
> correct (although 'almost certainly a birdwatcher' might be just a tad
> presumptuous). After that? All cold, clear and precise detail? No wonder the
> guy hasn't got a job with a real newspaper (well maybe I could think of a
> couple of rags who would happily employ him).
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> If any of you rabid animal liberationist twitchers visit the UK, suggest
> you watch out for the retaliatory attacks from the reactionary FFFFF
> (factionary fascist fly-fishing front)!
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> Of course I am not personally condoning the attack itself...
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> Happy twitching!
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> Tim
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> http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Angling-Times/Section/News--Catches/General-News/January-2010/Steve-Partner-The-dark-heart-of-twitching/
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> Subject: Re: [Surfbirdsnews] Derogatory article on twitchers in latest
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> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:52:48 +0000
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> I'm a fisherman almost as much as I am a birder, I naively thought the two
> went together as fundamentally its an understanding of nature, pursuing a
> quarry, and the being out in the great outdoors but it looks like I'm the
> exception to the rule!.
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> Note how there is absolutely no evidence that this assault was done by a
> birdwatcher but they just presumed that the attacker was most probably a
> birdwatcher. Why?? No mention made of a scope or bins, almost certainly not
> a birder at all, and I will risk putting my head above the parapet and say
> that most birders are not that passionate about the plight of a single
> Cormorant either.
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> Back now to my little bubble world - its nicer there!
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