Hend's Group 3 responses

Prompt one:

If you decide to read the articles, I would appreciate your insight on the issue of rabbit extermination in Australia...essentially, what, if anything, do you think of the Australian approach?

Warning...do not eat while reading this...

Reading Cory's articles, I am confused.

I really don't like this paragraph on Wikipedia "Rabbits are also responsible for serious erosion problems as they eat native plants which would have retained soil. Some of this erosion may also be the result of settlers clearing much of Australia's land for farming and housing." It seems to me that they feel that Rabbits are the first to blame for the erosion problems and people are a secondary cause. Hmmmm...I don't buy it...but then I really don't know anything about erosion and the causes...just it is hard to wrap my mind around the notion that rabbits are the main cause of the "serious erosion problems."

I just am thinking about how, this "problem" was caused by humans and yet the rabbits are blamed…yeah...the rabbits decided to go and cause this "infestation"...sure...

Now to the uses. I read on BBC about the Koreans wanting to buy the giant rabbit and find a way of breeding them in order to supplement their diets. I think that this is an ideal solution. I know I sound horrible. I am a meat eater, however, and I think that perhaps the 15 pounds of meat from one rabbit is 15 pounds of meat that could save a person who is on the brink. This said...I just can't help but wonder what will happen in 10 years when the rabbits are reproducing faster than people are eating them.

Just think, if Korea begins to have "Rabbit infestation" issues perhaps food will become cheap and then nobody would starve to death.

Prompt two:

What is worse, a child who breaks 15 glasses on accident or a child who breaks one glass while reaching for a jar while his parents aren’t home?

I agree with Sarah Mae's response here. Children have accidents, Adults have accidents, Everybody has accidents. This is all just part of the learning process. I guess it would depend on the reason why the child reached for the jar. What is more important is if the child is okay. A child who breaks 1 glass while alone might not be able to "fix" any cuts that may be caused by the glass breaking into a billion pieces. A child who breaks 15 glasses while around some adults should at least be able to receive (hopefully) some help that would prevent any further harm to the child. So I guess my response hidden here is that neither one is worse because they both serve as learning experiences which are necessary in life.