Maxum and Propellor,
You two are right. You have exposed our sinister plot. I can't understand how you were able to crack our secret code and figure out our real intent. Perhaps Schaar was anchored "right under our kitchen windows" again and listening in. We, the two residents of the cove, had thought we were sufficiently camouflaged by all of the "hard evidence" and "expert testimony"...by all of the support from persons and organizations completely removed from the cove and only interested in the birds...by all of the conservations' facts and figures and the LPC's historical data...by all of the years of research proving that loons could never continue to thrive as they have under the pressures of such heavy human activity as began in the cove this year. You know the real story, that loons have actually only succeeded in the cove by eating the fritos and potato chips dropped in the water by the considerate rafters. And this year's sudden blitzkrieg of fifteen to twenty boats at a time could have only made things better for the loons. Like W, we sat in a room and concocted all of this "loon" stuff in a dastardly plan to increase our property values. Actually, we have been secretly raising captive loons for ten years and releasing them in the cove just before the census each year in anticipation of this event. I feel so naked.
Propellor,
It's silly for us to debate this matter on the forum when it is clear that you know so little about the specifics of this situation. Why don't you drop me an email with your phone number and I will call and explain things to you. My email address is
patenter@metrocast.net. I don't want anyone looking at this so generally, and from such a distance, without the underlying facts, and thinking that there is any merit to the arguments you make. As I said earlier in this string; "I guess you would have to see the whole picture to understand. Individual boaters and pairs have not been the offenders. Everyone who has looked closely at the situation agrees that no-rafting status will provide the best relief available and will likely be enough to save the birds."