"Fishermen are playing upon public fear to make an economic argument," said Sonja V. Fordhman, a shark fisheries expert at the Ocean Conservancy, a private group in Washington.
Rather than using valuable time to teach people about the importance of protecting these dying creatures, Discovery is cynically playing off cultural fears to make a buck, portraying sharks with a level or realism akin to Sharknado.
Now the neighborhood is poised at a focal point for transit and smart growth policy, preparing (not entirely without suspicion and fear) to make way for a new era of increased density and young new urbanites.
Or they both could play defensively out of fear, to make sure of gaining a point.
"But we all had this small simple dream, and we still had a fear to make it real, you know?
"There is a big fear here to make a decision, to make a choice," he said.
There is political risk involved, but what of political courage if all fear even to make an attempt?
The vindication of those choices — by Wikipedia and cities — is proved each time some yokel overcomes his fear and decides to make a visit and stay awhile.
8 P.M. (CBS) BEYOND THE BLACKBOARD A 24-year-old first-time teacher (Emily VanCamp, left) overcomes fear and prejudice to make a difference in the lives of the children she tutors in the makeshift classroom of a homeless shelter.
In one column in April, Ms. Peyser wrote, "the time is at hand to set aside our petty hatreds and visceral fears, and to make an objective, dispassionate examination of the Yankee-loving, Suha Arafat-kissing, Al Sharpton-pandering Sharpton-panderingua".
They fear losing their ability to make a living.
