Beer in the Headlights

Not that I really want to get it, but...

From the files of the patently absurd comes the news that the Swiss government is set to outlaw catch and release fishing.

That's right.

From the same nation that brought you indifference toward evil Nazi imperialism and genocide, not to mention the idea of plants' rights, comes this monumental attack on sanity.

Catch and Release fishing will be banned in Switzerland from next year, it was revealed this week.

And anglers in the country will have to demonstrate their expertise by taking a course on humane methods of catching fish, under new legislation outlined by the Bundesrat - the Swiss Federal Parliament.

The new legislation states that fish caught should be killed immediately following their capture, with a sharp blow to the head from a blunt instrument. Under the new regulations, the use of livebait and barbed hooks is also prohibited except in certain situations.

This could go two ways. The first, which is probably the intent of the law, is that people will stop fishing in Switzerland. The second would be that fish stocks in Swiss waters would plummet as anglers will be forced by the law to kill their catches.

And before you point at Switzerland and laugh, keep in mind that the morally confused fools at PeTA want to ban angling here in the US. Spare the prospect of an Obama presidency, I think such a notion is quite a long shot.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Leftist political and social philosophy is a curse upon Western civilization.

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