I live pretty close to there and not once have I been tempted to go down there and lower myself to that sort of level of greed, I think it's disgusting and has disgraced our nation yet again in the eyes of the world.
I would like to offer to assist with the clean up should extra volunteers be needed, but shouldn't the human "gannets" offer to help, as a way of redemption, if they have an ounce of conscience?
2007-01-24 20:54:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Typical city-dweller answers so far.
2007-01-24 21:15:35 · update #1
Mordent you are an ill-informed pr!ck, the scavenging has increased the mess and pollution by 800%, people are breaking open containers and discarding and burning rubbish on the beach. If you have the ability to read properly then you will see that I AM offering to help. You really shouldn't have wasted your time writing such a long ill-informed rant.
2007-01-24 21:36:50 · update #2
i think they should be forced to take part in the clean up operation. what i saw on tv and in the newspapers was a disgrace. i was litarelly appalled. who on earth do those people think they are, trying to take away other people's possessions? it is just as bad that they are selling the gear online and on places like ebay, so they can get a few bob or two. the truth of the matter is it wasn't their own property. people's treasured memories of which go back years are being profitted by ignorant, heartless cretins who should know better. how would they feel if someone saw something that belongs to them and took it away from them? they wouldn't like it would they, so why did those people felt the need to scavenge in the first place? if anything they were stealing- therefore, it makes them thieves. when the police get hold of them, i just hope that for the sake of the good people in britain they are arrested, tried and sentenced to prison for what they did
2007-01-25 04:38:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's exactly what they are doing! I believe the area on a UK beach between high and low tide is common land and anything washed up there can be claimed.And they are not scavengers they are claiming salvage.
In fact if the boat is unmanned I am surprised no one has boarded it and claimed that as well.
It is a shame about the wild life, however tragedies like this make up a tiny percentage of world pollution when you compare it with worldwide natural migration of hydrocarbons.
If you are really upset go and clean up the Caspian Sea you would save more wildlife.
Oh i aint a city boy Bugel I live by the East Coast where I sit and crunch carrots.
Now get your gloves on and get down there....... your not part of the soloution untill you turn off your PC and get down the beach.
2007-01-24 21:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by Goatboy 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Why aren't YOU helping then? You can't rely on other people to do the work for you, you should lead by example. Besides, there ARE people who were down there, helping the seabirds that were caught in the oil.
The people who are claiming salvage are cleaning the beach. Beaches are common land - is it only rubbish if what is on there isn't worth something? What about ambergris - to anyone else it's a stinking pile of rotting whale, but to pharmacutical companies it is literally worth its weight in gold. Is the person taking this off the beach doing wrong because they're making money - or doing right because they're getting the putrid mess off the beach? How about people who make art out of driftwood - if they sell their work for money does that make it wrong?
The law is very clear on this subject - if what is claimed can be proven to belong to someone (and of course they're making a claim for it) then it MUST be returned. Anything else you can keep.
*Edit* And I've lived in the country all my life, as did the people who for centuries have salvaged ships when they wreck. Of course the wildlife should be saved. But equally the beach should be cleared of debris. If you waited for the professionals to come then potentially some of those barrels of wine and handcream could be washed out to sea and kill birds and fish where there's nobody to save them. If people can remove them here and now then they should - if they make money out of it then good for them. It's not like the proffessional companies do it for free.
2007-01-24 21:17:19 · answer #3 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
You make a good point, and honestly, these kinds of people ought not be compaired to buzzards; that is far too insulting. Buzzards really do serve the earth, not destroy it.
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-01-24 22:33:56 · answer #4 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
have to agree saw the volunteers on news yesterday was suprised how few ppl were there compared to day. reflects on us as a nation of thieves and dodgers looking for a easy life
2007-01-24 21:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by phillip b 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I applaude you for trying to do the "RIGHT THING", I knew that there were some "GOOD PEOPLE" there, not just "Buzzards" !
2007-01-24 21:19:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋