Just another sign of .... something

Is it just me, or is this a bit of silliness here. A federal judge has granted an injunction against the US Navy on the use of sonar. Read about it here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/04/sonar_mammals/

The article is not clear as to whether the Navy is prohibited from using sonar anywhere or just in conjunction with an upcoming exercise.


I believe that both sides of this argument have some very good points, but for an environmental group to sue in Federal Court, (not to mention winning, at least for the moment), serves only to marginalize them and to render any reasonable discussion on nearly any topic that they put forth as meaningless fluff.

C'mon here, one has to learn to pick one's battles. The Navy apparently went through the prescribed legal processes to get permission to run the exercises in the waters around Hawaii, and the court found reasons to order a temporary injunction. This incident does the court system no justice either, it gives much propoganda fodder to the party on the right and, like the lobbyists who brought the suit, (good as the intentions and reasoning were), it marginalizes the courts sway over all issues.

We are awash in a sea of issues and information. As it is with the 'big lie' that I have mentioned in earlier posts, we cannot see where things fit into the overall picture, hence, all issues are given equal import, and hence, all issues are equally meaningless.

Have a nice 4th. Go blow something up.