Tonights ABC 7.30 report

you should not just make a comment and not give an explanation!

why let cars on the beach ? they may kill bugs and worms?

Why let cars in the national parks - they may kill koala bears crossing the road - Kangeroos - wallabies - maybe even an animal on the threatened list ??

why let cars on the road - they can also kill native animals - birds - reptiles such as blue tongue lizards that live within suburbia.

where do we draw the line ??? In the sand or in the pavement ?

Boc

C'mon Ozboc .... it really annoys me when people refer to our Aussie Icon as a bear ,

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Doug -- true , but that's a whole new argument again! even with the slang term used for them "Drop bear" the reference to Bear still applies !

Boc

It is a Koala...period !!

It requires no explanation, as I said, it is my opinion only, which, unless I am wrong, I am allowed to have in this country!

Gawd..!!!!! what have I started now....I can't bear it any longer.
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Shaker,

Obviously you can't bear to be told you are wrong.

I can just imagine your teachers in school copping flak from your over "bearing" attitude when tolde you were wrong.

But then again, you do bare all when told you are wrong

Nobody told me I was wrong, how can a personal opinion be wrong?

I was also replying to the OPs question, so if I need your opinion I will rattle the chain!

hahaha...get a sense of humour about you mate and grow up.

You are WRONG. There ya go :-)

Lighten up it's more than a Koala can bear.

LOL....I luv it... : )

Hard to disagree with any of your comments Alan.

One day our previous treasurers support for baby bonuses etc will go down as a disaster from the dark ages.

Alan

I agree.

We should have let swine flu rip, not prevent it.

Bob

The problem with this argument is the word "they". You assume that the people who want to protect beaches have no concerns about population numbers. They are quite likely to be just as concerned about pop. figures as well. I totally agree that we need a massive population reduction. But it isn't as simple as that is it? Hands up all those who want to live in a country with a huge proportion of elderly people and a very small workforce of the young to support that segment. On the other hand, you could vote for encoutging restriction on the birth rate but take in lots of young immigrants to run the country's workforce. Can't see that being a big vote winner either. So while we try to work that out , we had better try to protect as much of our environment as we can.
To their credit, the Chinese had a go at a "one child per family" policy. I'm sure we have all read of the bizarre outcomes of that bit of social engineering.
It's a bit cute to dismiss the beach bans as just saving a few worms. The point of beach bans is protecting the food chains. The beaches provide the environment that establishes a base level of the food chain that the rest of the marine life need. I'm not qualified to say whether or not this is so, but those whose job it is to study these things seem to think it is.

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http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/program/368119

Andrew

he has ants in his Ivory tower ???

Boc

Yep Daza it's the boof heads that are causing the attention of the authorities eg doing donuts and ripping up the sand; then it goes on from there...to beachworms

MMmMMmMMmMMmmmmm donuts .........

That's the problem the worms are still there the fishermen should be using donuts not smelly fish frames!!