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The Colombian Congressional Court declared on May 2nd that sport fishing is now unconstitutional

in the South American country.

The court admitted that there is no consensus as to whether fish are sentient beings, but

stated that even in the absence of scientific certainty, the precautionary principle,

and the risk of damage to the environment make the ban necessary.

If this makes any sense to you, I'll sell you a bridge in Brooklyn, and I think you're

going to like it.

Here's another mind-numbing part of this ruling.

The court only banned sport fishing, which is defined as catch and release.

As Maggie Hudlow, a fantastic reporter and journalist here at Meet Eater, points out

in a great article at themeater.com, this means that fishing with meshes, dragnets, and

dynamite is all still legal.

If the court wanted to protect fisheries, it would presumably target fishing practices

that actually hurt those ecosystems.

Blast fishing, for example, or fishing with dynamite, has been practiced in the country

for decades and dreamed about by 14-year-old young men for twice as long.

I love a good explosion, for example, but I don't need a PhD or a law degree to know that

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