Comments | nutmeg3: Writer's Block: Into the wild

nutmeg3

Writer's Block: Into the wild

Aug 09, 2011 09:14

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nverland August 9 2011, 13:24:10 UTC

I've been trying to think of the wording for exactly that since seeing it this morning. There's a special kind of stupid in there to even consider this.

nutmeg3 August 9 2011, 13:34:23 UTC

I was encouraged - and, I admit, amazed - that when I read the first page of answers (after posting my own), all the ones in English, with only two exceptions, agreed with mine, though they were much briefer. One person even posted a picture of the Bronx Zoo entry gate and asked why s/he'd want to set an animal loose in the Bronx.

chelseagirl August 9 2011, 13:39:17 UTC

I have an ARC of a book called Rewilding the World about ways people might work with this -- how parks and wilderness areas could be altered to be made safer for reintroduction of species and etc. Would you like it?

nutmeg3 August 9 2011, 13:42:34 UTC

Ooooh! I would love it. Thank you. Reintroduction is often a goal (the Bronx and Columbus Zoos are the conservators of the Kihansi spray toad, and are breeding them for reintroduction after - we hope - their micro-habitat can be recreated), so that book would be great reading.

chelseagirl August 9 2011, 13:53:01 UTC

Great! I got it from LibraryThing Early Reviewers a few years ago; since it's an ARC I can't PaperbackSwap it and I'm glad to find someone who'd like to read it!

chelseagirl August 9 2011, 13:54:23 UTC

And why I didn't think of you before, no clue. Duh.

crysania4 August 9 2011, 13:48:07 UTC

Excellent answer. And what a STUPID question. Probably asked by some PETA person.

nutmeg3 August 10 2011, 02:02:03 UTC

Very possible. They tend not to see the finer points of anything.

bellemelange August 9 2011, 14:21:51 UTC

*applause*

I will never stop to be amazed about the stupid questions writer's block more often than not consist of.

This world is full of morons.

nutmeg3 August 10 2011, 02:02:43 UTC

Unfortunately, a bunch of them seem to be taking over the running of my country. :-(

bellemelange August 10 2011, 10:13:13 UTC

It cannot be worse than here... The prime minister wanna-be's only talent is to toss her hair and swing her Gucci bag - and she's the leader of the Socialdemocrats. Working class girl my ass :|

nutmeg3 August 10 2011, 11:58:51 UTC

Maybe we could just round up all the current politicians in power everywhere, give them a chunk of the Sahara to live in and run, and then the rest of us can start fresh.

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aspidites August 9 2011, 15:31:26 UTC

Well said. These anti-zoo idjits are even dimmer than those who "free" lab and farm animals, where at least the argument could be made that the animal (individually or as a species) is not benefiting much from the situation. Imagine the damage some moron could do by "freeing" the Pink Pigeons from the Jersey Zoo...

nutmeg3 August 10 2011, 02:03:17 UTC

Gerald Durrell for the win! And yes, so true.