Muppet wrote:
Steps, could we be misreading the majority of NZ now? Seriously? I mean you look at some of the agendas put forward and it seems like an uphill task to get any semblance of balance and common sense through. Mostly because special interest groups have the ear of the government and other areas of society. You hear some of the opinions on recreational fisherman out there and some seriously think we are out 24/7 pillaging the fish. I genuinely don’t think the public sympathies are with us or actually care to opinion on our side. And I think the vested interests know this. |
smudge wrote:
I agree, a bunch of fishermen towing boats up the motorway won't capture the publics imagination like the tractors did. Recreational fishers are generally so poorly aware of the issues yet have very strong opinions on what should be done - all wildly different of course - that infighting will either kill it or the powers that be will take the advice of those who advocate that we only need one fish per day. |
Steps wrote: Steps.when we can tip $10 mill in to government coffers like Peter Goodfellow does for commercial then we have a chance And to a polly what is more important.. 10 mil or be on the treasury benches ? So what you are saying is.. and correct me if wrong. " Rec fishermen dont have a chance of achieving anything be it by protest or keyboards.. roll over and take what is given" Seems to be a common theme.. more excuses not to do anything beyond the keyboard... I just go back to Alans quote: For evil to prevail, it just takes good men to do nothing. |
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