Comments | upagainstasigh: In Search of Africa

upagainstasigh

In Search of Africa

Sep 26, 2007 13:16

I’ve just paid $63.95 to get into Tampa’s Central Park: Busch Gardens. This is a theme park that actually purports to have a theme. I think about this. Supposedly, the theme of Busch Gardens is “Africa”. As I walk around the park, I start to wonder just what is “African” about this place. Being an English teacher, I turn to the only literature I ( Read more... )

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gender_denied September 26 2007, 21:28:44 UTC

thank you for giving me a reason to boycott busch gardens. i didn't know they had animals in there. and now you have a reason to boycott zoos too--those animals shouldn't be in cages, exploited for our ridiculous amusement. they don't deserve this. we shouldn't endorse it with our money or in any way whatsoever. i'm glad you feel for the lion too.

_zerlina_ September 26 2007, 22:16:07 UTC

And that is why I have never, ever, gone to the habitat side of BG - it makes me sick.

roommates4eva September 27 2007, 03:00:43 UTC

You poor dear. Now tell us all about your new puppy! Spare no details! That'll cheer up poor Jess Jess.

arien September 27 2007, 18:24:23 UTC

Welcome to the zoo. :( Chances are that lion was born in captivity, so that small stretch of space is really all he knows. And he probably wouldn't be able to survive on his own if he was set free, either, so he's pretty much stuck where he is. (I'm actually surprised to hear a lion was out and about during the day -- they're usually nocturnal. All the times I've been to zoos, I've never seen a lion awake.)

Busch Gardens is about the beer. Always has been, always will be.

innocentwater September 28 2007, 08:41:23 UTC

Haet. :'(

*hugs* Busch Gardens is stupid. I'm sorry.