Pronunciation: p&r-"se-v&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin perseveration-, perseveratio, from perseverare
: continuation of something (as repetition of a word) usually to an exceptional degree or beyond a desired point
- per·sev·er·ate
/-'se-v&-"rAt/ intransitive verb- per·sev·er·a·tive
/-"rA-tiv/ adjectiveYes, I'm perseverating about this alligator thing. The more I think about it, the more reasons I come up with to find it appalling. What kind of lesson does this teach not only our children, but all the impressionable adults in our country? It teaches us that if something scares us, or threatens us in any way, if anything inconvenieces us or keeps us from doing exactly what we want to do when we want to do it, it should be eliminated!
A few days ago, they showed more footage of the poor, enormous and truly daunting beast that some Arian-looking gator hunter bested in Florida. He was trussed in duct tape, head to toe, and a bunch of people were gawking and cheering as this creature was thrashing and fighting for its life. It didn't strike me as much different than a lynching.
As a supposedly civil society, is this really how we want to treat anything?! Is it? Or are there preserves where these guys could live and thrive where we'd be safe from them...and they'd be safe from us?
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