i had an email back from the commissioner saying she forwarded my email to the poisoner levy, educator and protector of the island as nature oasis. maybe he will enlighten me as to how poison toxic to dogs fosters nature. i suppose the argument is that you have to eradicate invasive species to foster the chosen nature, the native nature, which does not include dogs and certain weeds. the trouble with poison is its not as discriminating as mr. levy. then i suppose the argument is akin to war for democracy, where wholesale death is necessary to clear the way for enlightened american style humanitarianism. or perhaps the whole case is just too complex for a small brain such as mine. i can't be forgiven for leap-frogging from a teeny man-made island to misadventures in the great world, but i can't help it. i don't think i'm stupid, (...) i think i'm willfully naive stubbornly obtuse. ok, stupid. let's say you have to fight invasive species, right, to make the island and the world safe for free trade and democracy. the answer is violence. what was the question?