[NatureNS] Re: re star-thrower story -- moral??

Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:04:17 -0400
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From: Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca>
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<font size=3D3>Well, David, you've outdid yourself this time. I realize
this is (probably) not religiously &quot;correct&quot; but this is one of
the best jokes I have heard in a long time.<br>
Angus<br><br>
p.s. An interesting discussion atlhough I believe Tuma's comments were to
the crux of the matter &amp; gave direction to us all.<br><br>
At 09:37 PM 1/13/2012, David Webster wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D"">=EF=BB=BF <br>
</font><font size=3D2>Hi Jim &amp;
All,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Jan 13, 2012<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I agree Jim, if I understand what you are saying.
<br>
</font><font size=3D3>&nbsp;<br>
</font><font size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In real life, so far as I
know, starfish will not become stranded above low-low tide, except
perhaps by very unlikely mechanisms; a tidal wave which I suppose might
sweep them inland, a very severe storm that rolled starfish, rock,
mussels and byssus threads into a bundle among other wrack or an
earthquake that abruptly raised a section of beach. <br>
</font><font size=3D3>&nbsp;<br>
</font><font size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But this discussion has perhaps
become too serious. If you search for it, you can find a quote to justify
any action. For example, as explained in a recent issue of National
Geographic, one early edition of the King James Bible omitted a key word
from one of the 10 commandments so that it read &quot;Thou shalt commit
adultery.&quot;. Presumably this gave rise to the expression &quot;Praise
the Lord&quot;.<br>
</font><font size=3D3>&nbsp;<br>
</font><font size=3D2>Yt DW,
Kentville</font></blockquote><font size=3D3>Snip.....</font></body>
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