Would Anyone Shoot An Unarmed Man?

It's shark week on the Discovery channel (as if you didn't know). There was a guy on tonight who feeds sharks by hand while snorkeling, no cage. They showed him get bit twice, once on the leg by a black tip and he got his finger nipped by a mako because he held on to the fish too long. The mako is one of the most dangerous sharks and shows no fear of man. This guy (I don't know his name) took a couple of people along to film his encounter with the mako. It was huge, he said about 500 pounds, and they got into trouble when they were down to the last fish to feed it. The shark started going after them, they had to control their fear and fend off the shark to make it back to the boat. It kept going for their legs, to incapacitate them, like they would bite the tail off a swordfish or tuna. He said the shark was just behaving naturally, turned on by the food, and wasn't looking for a fight. They eat whatever swims in the ocean and can't defend itself. If it thinks it will get hurt it will back off. (Shark week gets crazier every year, makes you wonder what they will show next year.)

Japan is debating going nuclear. This was previously unheard of.

"People are clearly waking up to the idea," lawmaker Shingo Nishimura says of the new willingness to debate the issue. "They feel something is wrong with Japan."

It would be so wonderful if not taking up arms were the answer. I understand why the people of Japan are so against nuclear weapons. I've been to Hiroshima and I've seen what they preserved of that day and I've admired the beautiful city it is now.

Predators look for easy prey. They attack the weak, the unaware, the naive, the old, and the young. It doesn't matter if the predator is an animal or human, they go for the easy targets and they don't want to get hurt in the process. If you are strong and able to defend youself they tend to leave you alone, although misjudgements have been known to occur.

Japan will end up having to defend itself, it can no longer rely solely on the United States for protection. It's not in their best interest. North Korea is too close, too unpredictable, and has been a long time enemy. An unarmed, peace loving Japan is not safe from attack by North Korea. Unfortunately.

Lightning Does Kill Cows

There is so much lightning in Florida and I never hear about cattle being hit by it. (It hits people often enough though.) This happened in Virginia: Nine cows killed by lightning strike