Am flying home very late tonight from my San Diego trip.
Suffice to say everything has gone swimmingly, and has included much gathering of shiny stuff, disc golf on a course whose design was lacking (more on this later), plus a stop at the SD Zoo (my first since 1984) and Old Town to visit what is alleged to the most haunted site in America -- The Whaley House (for the record, if any ghosts were there during my visit, they were obviously on break).
To cap off the trip, last night I visited the nearby town of La Jolla Cove for dinner with friends, followed by a stroll along the Pacific and a stop by a small sandy inlet (nicknamed “The Children’s Pool” by locals) where we enjoyed watching a group of harbor seals camped on shore. In this same area, however, I also could not help noticing a group of people seated about 40 feet behind the seals, all camped in fold-out chairs and preparing to light a fire in a small Weber grill.
Obviously looking at the same group, local woman beside me snorted under her breath.
When I asked what her deal was, I was told these campers (all white, middle to upper-class citizens of La Jolla) were protesting the seals’ presence on the “Children’s Pool,” in addition to their being restricted by Federal law to do anything about it.
Suspicious that my leg was being pulled (I mean, no one could be that idiotic, right?), I walked up to a San Diego County lifeguard station overlooking the “Children’s Pool,” and asked two officers there what the real story was involving these alleged “protestors” and the seals.
Incredibly, they confirmed it was all true noting that local angst over the seals goes back 11 years, and involves a small, but vocal group of anti-seal crusaders who feel their poor little moppets are being victimized by not being able to fully use the “Children’s Pool” due to the federally-protected animals-- as if the beach-in-question is the only one in Southern California available to kids.
During our talk, the officers even noted this issue is such a hot one in La Jolla that in 2004, one man grew so enraged over the seals that he kicked in the door of the lifeguard station to scream at the cops inside. Thankfully, this gentleman (who hopefully got the shit pistol-whipped out of him back at the local station) is now barred from visiting the “Children’s Pool” by restraining order.
But all of the above simply proves (yet again) that the most dangerous person on earth is a self-righteous imbecile with too much free time on his hands.
God was so wrong when he neglected to include an eleventh commandment beside the original ten, perhaps something along the lines of “Thou shalt not be a fucking idiot” under which all violators may be thrown off the nearest building over ten stories in height - with harbor seals as the executioners in question.
It's my beach, whitey. Deal with it.
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