Not Funny

James Wigderson celebrates the occasion of the polar bear being added to the endangered species list by giving facts about polar bear meat and a recipe for polar bear stew. This, he says, reflects the polar bear's "proper relationship to mankind."

Oh, and the post is entitled "And they make nice rugs too."

Perhaps Wiggy missed the fact that it's not even human hunting that is threatening the bear, but the fact that their habitat is melting. Or maybe he just failed to consider the fact that if the bear were to go extinct, there would be no more of the stew the web page he links to claims is so delicious. Given that Wigderson is a conservative, I would expect him to understand the need to, you know, conserve. If you believe that God created the animals (not giving away my position), doesn't it make sense that He'd appreciate it if we didn't oversee their extinction?

Maybe Wiggy joined the Ann Coulter school of environmentalism. To wit, a quote from Ms. Coulter: "God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'"

I'd like to invite Mr. Wigderson to prove the "proper relationship" between man and polar bear by jumping, unarmed, into the polar bear habitat at the Milwaukee County Zoo. I'm sure the bear would be more than happy to provide an excellent counterpoint to Mr. Wigderson's claim. Just go to Google and type in "polar bear attack" and you'll get plenty of gruesome stories (and graphic pictures - you've been warned) about other bears doing exactly that.