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| Subject: PC leftist retards Heath Gilmore and Amanda Hoh, want to rename 'shark attacks,' to say, 'shark encounters' Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:59 am | |
| WHEN a shark fin appears near a boat, surfboard or flailing limbs, the semantics of the event is usually far from thought.
Two researchers, however, want people to pause before describing the threat as an attack, especially when the intentions of the shark cannot be ascertained. Instead, words such as encounter or sighting are preferred and, they suggest, more accurate.
Christopher Neff, of the University of Sydney, and Dr Robert Hueter, of the Mote Marine Laboratory - Centre for Shark Research in Florida, offer four classifications for future interaction:
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/encounters-of-the-shark-kind--but-please-not-an-attack-20130130-2dl4z.html#ixzz2JXtyD7AG
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