Personally, I'd rather be "driven mad by emotion", than blinded by ignorance. "Logical people" are well aware that the needs and greeds of humans have far outweighed the needs of salmon since NW history has been recorded. We've blocked salmon passageways, and dewatered their streams. We've made Superfund clean up sites of lower river/estuary areas. Salmon and the forage fish they depend upon have been overharvested. Mismanagement of upper watersheds has left spawning beds buried in silt, or scoured repeatedly by flooding. Most NW rivers have anadromous fish runs in peril. These are obvious facts, not the creative imaginings of "liberal" ploysters. There's been no "balance" in the past, and balance delayed is balance denied.

Dave, your signature statement fits this thread, perfectly.