Holy Mackeral

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_sc/wolffish_petition

It's not the fish I'm particularly worried about although I should say, so much for evolution. It seems the pretty creatures are exactly the fittest. Sorry Darwin.

But I'm more concerned about the journalist who wrote this. Who does Mr. Clarke think he is, calling this fish ugly? I mean, what did the fish ever do to you? Why do you have to call him such horrible names. Just because he's born with it? (Maybe it's Maybelline)

The poor fish, his reputation is defamed and now his face is exposed around the internet. How would you like it, Mr. Clarke, if we posted that photo of you in 9th grade with that mop top hair cut and that horrid acne? Are you so superficial that you can't see behind the reather freakish face to see the true beauty inside which is a yummy fillet? Are you so shallow that you judge a fish by its looks rather than its character?! Don't you know that beauty is only skin-deep? And that the true beauty lies within one's soul?? How dare you, Mr. Clarke!

"Although the fish is ugly, it is tasty and can be found at some seafood retailers and on the menus of upscale restaurants, Shelley said."

Is this the fish's only redeeming quality? Is that all you can say in his defense? Is it a habit of yours to insult every non-tetrapod chordate who has gills and fins? Is it?

Well, I hope that everytime you waltz down that aisle in the deli and peer into the empty soulless eys of those catfish which you are to consume later for your dinner, I hope you feel happy. Now that you've insulted and humiliated the fish population, I hope you can sleep easy now.

I hope you're happy, Mr. Clarke.