By now, you should have heard about the pod of Dolphins that briefly tried to
stand in the way of progress, interrupting the scheduled demolition of the HMAS Adelaide by occupying the blast zone.
Their antics caused a lot of fear and confusion.
And some insightful criticism:
But looking back at the original story, one particular detail stands out:
Protesters attributed the presence of the dolphins to a local Aboriginal elder, Lila Kirby, who performed a whale calling ceremony on Sunday. Ms Kirby said the dolphins were making a statement.
Bloody right, they were making a statement! Dolphins never refuse an opportunity to "make a statement," with their ridiculous antics and shrill whistling about whatever politically correct rubbish has caught their fancy this week.
But look at that first sentence again. It was a
whale calling ceremony. The Dolphins weren't even invited! Instead, they saw a bunch of bloody whales who were either completely fine with the idea of sinking the ship — or too lazy to do anything about it, which amounts to the same thing and is more likely the case with whales involved — and decided it was time to rush in and champion their own crackpot cause célèbre.
Fortunately, people kept their heads and remembered that there was a reason why we don't capitulate to the demands of the blow-hole mafia:
While others offered some sound suggestions on how to keep
unruly Delphinidae gangs from causing this sort of upset in the future:
And we can take comfort in the fact that they eventually proceeded with the demolition. I am thankful that during this crisis, there were at least a few officials who saw through the staged tears and political theatre to recognize what was really going on:
I couldn't agree more.
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