Madam, – What is wrong with us as a nation and people? I ask the pejorative question as I watch tiger sharks from the African coast being delivered to a life-time of imprisonment at Dingle aquarium. There, now will remain these great pelagic predators; these wild hunters, to gratify the odd voyeuristic whim of Irish adults (are they?) who by their acts teach their children that this is all perfectly acceptable – in any case did you not know, fish have no feeling?
Doubtless people will come in their thousands to gawk at these Samsons of the ocean who, so deprived of their power and strength, might be compared to that other imprisoned Samson, “eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves”. The other Samson eventually revolted, but what chance have these got – we’re so superior and in control – I rest my case. – Yours, etc,