Comment on a letter to The West, 9 April 2005, p.21
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There was a lot of poo in the water at Rottnest. Well, perhaps not poo, but the bacteria that is found in human poo. Rottnest is our idyllic island paradise... the beaches were closed due to the threat to swimmers' health. The bacteria was blamed -- by the officials who closed the beaches -- on poo-spill from one of the hundreds of boats moored close to the shore.
The letter says that blaming a poo-spill from a boat is "so silly that it beggars belief." The real cause -- according to the letter writer -- is the heavy pollution of Rottnest Island by birdlife and marsupials. This pollution accumulates in dry weather and is washed into the water by heavy rain.
Of course! It's obvious, once it has been pointed out. Let's explore this idea a little further...
Poo-poisoning has never been noticed before because... ummm... oh yes: As more people go to the island, more wild birds and marsupials breed there. Surely everyone knows, the more people there are, the more wildlife there is -- that's why city centres are full of wildlife...
The bacteria is human-poo bacteria because... ummm... the birds and marsupials are eating food scraps that have been discarded by humans who did not wash their hands afer going to the toilet...
Aaahh rubbish. Let's just hope that the letter writer was only joking.
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