http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28519221/
Reality is more bizarre than fantasy.
Check the link above because it will lead to a story about how the Discovery Channel's new TV show "Bear Feeding Frenzy"...is unfair to bears.
No kidding. Read from the Web site's story:
“The idea of a bear attack can be terrifying, and this show may not exactly ease those fears,” Alexander said. “It was meant to show bears in their natural environment, but experts say it misses the mark and instead reinforces the stereotype that most bears are looking to attack people.”
“It would be the very rare bear that would actually approach a person that closely,” Rick Sinnott of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game told NBC News.
As the lengthy explanation of how utterly ridiculous it is to actually worry that a TV show can "stereotype that most bears are looking to attack people," I realized...it's so utterly ridiculous that we should all step back and shout, "You gotta be kidding!?!?!"
It's the next step in a series of steps that never end. There are folks who insist that the eucalyptus trees along Highway 101 should be destroyed in part because they might threaten insects that naturally inhabit the area where the trees have existed for decades. Now, there are folks who are willing to state aloud, and for the record, that they fear that bears are being misrepresented in the media.
We should trust bears, I guess. Or, we should stop camping and give them space...because, maybe, there's that one bear who breaks the stereotype?
Good grief.
