tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post7642398330675906454..comments2024-03-19T06:06:16.332-04:00Comments on Ohio Birds and Biodiversity: Feral cats and birds: the "debate" can be brutalJim McCormachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-13205659057796426712013-03-27T22:40:46.098-04:002013-03-27T22:40:46.098-04:00I remember seeing a fools report here-a coupleI remember seeing a fools report here-a coupleRicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-21992271121142160532013-03-27T20:50:04.706-04:002013-03-27T20:50:04.706-04:00Thanks for your thoughts on this issue, Brian. I&#...Thanks for your thoughts on this issue, Brian. I'm pretty much with you. But I do have to respect Williams for speaking his mind.<br /><br />I think what we saw on Ohio Birds was an example of political correctness run amok, Rick. This country has a great tradition of April Fool's pranks, and many a person has been duped by them, with no lasting damage. To have a spoilsport go on the listserv and basically ruin a great opportunity which the vast majority of readers enjoy because of some fear that a few people might have short-term hurt feelings, well, what can be said. I'm certainly glad that the editors of many of our great newspapers that routinely run clever 4/1 pranks are not so uptight!Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-13343179823519475222013-03-27T20:24:25.762-04:002013-03-27T20:24:25.762-04:00I saw over on Ohio birds they spoiled any April Fo...I saw over on Ohio birds they spoiled any April Fools sightings,was it really a problem?I enjoyed it.The Buckeye Lake Beacon for several years had some great ones.Rick from Lickingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-16634179531368252752013-03-26T15:51:09.602-04:002013-03-26T15:51:09.602-04:00I am a (indoor) cat owner and a land manager who h...I am a (indoor) cat owner and a land manager who has to deal with feral cats and people dumping more all the time. <br />I read many of the Incite columns over the years, and although I likely agree with much of the content of this latest opinion column, (which has been pretty much reduced to an anti-TNR column and the stuff about euthanasia removed), it doesn't surprise me that he wrote something that was received poorly by many folks. If you look at the article now, he writes several things qualifying and clarifying what he meant to get across. I have felt for years that he took some of his pieces a bit too far, to see how many hornets he could stir up by not just kicking the nest, but smashing it like a pinata. There is no way he didn't know this would happen. I think his massive ego got in the way and this is going to make things much harder for the people who will actually be dealing with this issue going forward. (vs. the talking/writing heads like Ted Williams)<br /> BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com