‘We can’t shut the beach, think of all the small, independent traders that rely on that tourist income. There’s a knock on effect as well, their businesses paid taxes that keep public services open and pay for the police and life guards that keep everybody safe.’
The thing is, the Mayor in Jaws doesn’t realize he’s in Jaws.
It’s a small town that runs on summer tourism money. Shutting down the beach on the holiday weekend would cause many businesses to fail.
Yeah - some girl got killed by a shark. But that’s a tragic freak accident, not a pattern. One person dying to a shark attack is no reason to essentially shut down a city’s entire economy. It’s not like we shut down all the roads if a deer jumps in front of a car and causes a wreck.
If people stop swimming with sharks, they’ll lose the habits and reactions that keep them safe when a shark attacks.
Therefore, they must keep swimming with sharks to avoid shark-attack debt and develop hybrid immunity to attack by losing a limb so they have a stronger reaction to the next attack.
‘We can’t shut the beach, think of all the small, independent traders that rely on that tourist income. There’s a knock on effect as well, their businesses paid taxes that keep public services open and pay for the police and life guards that keep everybody safe.’
The thing is, the Mayor in Jaws doesn’t realize he’s in Jaws.
It’s a small town that runs on summer tourism money. Shutting down the beach on the holiday weekend would cause many businesses to fail.
Yeah - some girl got killed by a shark. But that’s a tragic freak accident, not a pattern. One person dying to a shark attack is no reason to essentially shut down a city’s entire economy. It’s not like we shut down all the roads if a deer jumps in front of a car and causes a wreck.
I’m actually not sure if the other guy remembers this was a literal plot point or not
Yeah I do, I also remember Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson having an argument about it during Covid…
If people stop swimming with sharks, they’ll lose the habits and reactions that keep them safe when a shark attacks.
Therefore, they must keep swimming with sharks to avoid shark-attack debt and develop hybrid immunity to attack by losing a limb so they have a stronger reaction to the next attack.