I didn't realize that the complaint of 'inappropriateness'
had just happened.
I think instead of a plastic eel they should make some kind of rubber/plastic one that is strong enough to be used many times and that weighs the same (20 lbs) and is the same length. Why not?
I can see where the complaint about a dead fish might be seen as overblown, especially when someone mentioned how every day tons of dead fish are thrown back into the sea because they are too small to be sold under EU laws (don't see how the oceans can stand us for too much longer, really). It's also unfortunate since they were raising money for a good cause (a life boat fund). But I can also understand the underlying anger behind the complaint regarding trivializing the destruction of life in the sea, which I think is a
much bigger problem than we realize. I mean - does anyone really think the oceans will be putting up with our current behavior through the next 100 or even 50 years? It may be more like 25 - the same amount of time since
Video Killed the Radio Star aired.
That said, it seems like replacing the carcass with a rubber/plastic replica might just bring us all a little further into the 21st century.