Sharks Need Heroes, Not Dumbasses

People are so fucking dumb. Whenever I read the comments on a shark-related news story (and I read a lot of them), there tend to be two kinds: idiots who literally, in their own words, "wish all sharks would disappear" or "think we should kill all of them", and idiots who spew out a great deal of misspelled words about how the other idiots are unworthy of life and "i thnk sarks are beutiful and u dont know about them maybe u shuld lern smthing lol!!!!" I despise all these people. The first group clearly doesn't understand how nature works and can't wrap their minds around the idea that sharks are simply powerful predators, like lions or bears. As for the second group, well, a nurse shark ineffectually mashing the keyboard with a pectoral fin could probably produce a better defense of itself.

There's also the ones related to the ever-contentious shark-fishing tournaments. In this case, both sides have a point, albeit poorly articulated in most cases. The argument basically goes something like this:

Tree-hugger: u tortyr sharks it has to stop when will ppl love the world lol

Redneck: killing sharks is awesom lol ur stupid

Better-educated Redneck: Youre argument is mis-understood becaus its not the anglers who are the reason sharks are in danger its the commercial trawlers maybe you tree-hugging hippies should be going after them insted of ppl who understand them better than you and want to show there kids live sharks dead and up close so they can learn about them

Tree-hugger: Shut up ur all redneks w/o any educashun sharks shud eat all ur children imo lol

Okay, I personally support catch-and-release tournaments and am against killing tournaments. While it is true that it's commercial fisheries, not sportsmen, who are responsible for the massive decline in shark stocks worldwide, that doesn't mean the sportsmen should be killing more, even only a few more, for their own macho enjoyment. The reason I support catch-and-release, while it is probably stressful for the animals, is because the sharks are usually tagged in this sort of competition, and any possibility that we can protect these creatures hinges on our knowledge of them, of which we have comparatively none.

Most of all, it is my fervent hope that some idiots will bother to learn that sharks are non-man-eating (generally), beautiful, powerful, vulnerable creatures doing their own thing in their own environment, and that other idiots will stop being so elitist, or at least learn how to spell. The need of sharks is too urgent for all this hen-pecking.