I’m not so sure we’re not the good guys.

We travel great distances, spend gobs of cash, and when we’re lucky enough to outwit a fish, we don’t belittle it, make a guppy face, or give it the finger.

We slide it into the water or the fry pan as painlessly as possible. Some regard us as eccentric, some think us cruel, but all of us can agree that despite the quarry – there’s a hint of respect in all this.

Them other folks, the non fishers they’ve got some ‘splaining to do:

• A goldfish owner insists his pet have a piercing.
• Spa’s that enslave fish and require them to gnaw on Grandma’s bunion.
• Trapped in a $61,000 necklace and adorning some dilettante.
• Or the latest fad in China, where the teenage gals insist on live fish earrings and pendants.

I’m thinking the moral high ground is ours for a change, and uncomfortable as it feels, bask in it while you can…