27 September 2010

greed

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I admire goldfish. They don't grow bigger than their tank or their pond will support. They get just as fat as is comfortable and no fatter. Their lives enhance the aquasystem in which they live. In fact, did you know that you can have a fish tank that never needs cleaning if you but put some goldfish, some freshwater snails and some water plants in it? Never goes stagnant or dirty. Stays healthy by itself. Outdoors it might be optimal to have some mosquito fish... well, and maybe some toxin-impervious snails... times being as they are... but these critters do not proliferate beyond the perfect balance, do not bloat to the point where there has to be a massive die-off for anything to survive.

I have been screaming about population control since I was a teenager. Legions believe that is a sin, an offense against life the size of Jupiter, but NEVER can answer the balance problem with anything nicer than wholesale slaughter or starvation.

Fucking hell.

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9 comments:

  1. Goldfish eat their own young.

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  2. No. I think that's guppies.

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  3. And, anyway, better than our set up.

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  4. It's goldfish too. Koi as well. It improves the species by eliminating the ones who are not able to elude becoming a snack.

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  5. Well, I'm pleased to announce none of my goldfish ever ate their young... or maybe they were SO fast I didn't know they had them before they were snacks, but, well, brilliant! And bravo. Having met many newborn babies in my day I can say with full confidence they would not know what hit them and would not suffer. This COULD be the answer to everything. [Sorry, I just watched a Hannibal Lector clip on YouTube. It'll pass.]

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  6. I remember being outraged as my guppies went darting after their babies, but I'd put enough greenery in there for them to elude their parents.

    Now I realize they were doing it for their own good! Bodhisattva guppy parents! Kids can be SO ignorant.

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  7. If all their offspring lived, the tank would become overcrowded in short order, creating conditions for ick, which would could kill them all.

    One reason the Spartans were so tough is weak boy babies were killed.

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  8. I think we've hit upon how the fuckers in control justify themselves to themselves. I don't quibble that the population needs a drastic reduction, but the MEANS needn't be this horrific, this vampiric. I guess being bombed to a pink mist in yer sleep would be a nice way to go....

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  9. http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/188385

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