Subject: The suffering bird debate
Date: Jan 23 19:32:07 2000
From: Kelly Cassidy - lostriver at seanet.com


Person A (Frank FanaticBirder) spends 5 days a week outside pursuing his
birding hobby. (Lucky Frank.) In the process of spending so much time out
of doors looking for birds, Frank sees an average of, oh, say, 1 injured
bird or other animal every couple of weeks. Every once in while, Frank will
lend a hand to the injured animal.

Person B (John LettermanFan) likes birds, too, but is a) employed and b)
lazy and fond of watching TV. John gets out a couple weekends a year to
look for birds. Every few years, he stumbles upon an injured bird and,
being a kind-hearted soul, tries to capture it and take it to a
rehabilitation center.

John is outraged when he finds that his buddy, Frank, does not try to
capture and rehabilitate the injured birds he sees. Frank is outraged that
John does not spend more time looking for injured animals that could be
saved.

Person C (Henry HantaVirus) is a biologist who studies deer mice. He
traps, tags, and releases hundreds of mice every year. One day, he finds a
young albino mouse just out of the nest. He knows this white mouse is too
conspicuous to live long before it becomes owl food. He....

Oh, never mind. This is all getting too gray and complicated.

Kelly Cassidy