someMidTowner
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I somehow overlooked this--but going out and catching 10 sharks? Perhaps at this point it's just pumping intuitions and genuine agreement is beyond our reach, but I just intuitively find that objectionable. The sharks are far better off in the vastness of the sea than in a preposterously small (relatively speaking) tank for us to point at.
I will agree on that point at least: The sharks should be born in captivity. I'm sure there are plenty of fertile sharks in captivity already that are more than capable of filling the needs of all the world's aquariums. The concept of going out and catching a shark on open seas for use in an aquarium is slightly reminiscent of 19th century game hunters bringing exotic animals from all around the world to live in a tiny iron cage in London.
Since at this point it's just my pumping intuitions, though, I'm willing to drop it and get back to talking about the architecture.
Despite everyone's interest in construction and architecture (myself included), you do bring up a lot of valid points about the ethics involved in this project, and it seems like a valid topic/debate. It adds some flavor to the thread and spaces out my needlessly clustered photo updates