There is no heaven but this earth, for humans; who make it hell for the creatures we share it with. I do not understand why we have lost our respect for fish or goldfish. They were here inhabiting the seas long before anything appeared on the land. We evolved from fish, but somehow our fear of water, our fear of the sea now alienates us from their evironment and their ability to breathe water makes them vulnerable in our domain. Goldfish have been won at fairs, they are flushed down the toilet and not buried when dead, they can be eaten in 'A Fish Called Wanda' and the other night on TV one woman swallowed the contents of a fish bowl complete with fish. Goldfish seem to illicit no compasion in many people, but I am sickened by this idiot's behaviour, and I'm sorry he was not fined hard. When I saw this act of mindless murder on television it haunted me for days; that someone could care so little about another life, another soul. The Native American took only what was needed, and thanked the animal's spirit at death. We all live at the expense of something else. I keep fish, and I eat fish. But there is a world of difference between taking what I need only to exist for another day and thanking the soul of the animal, and mindless, cruel, cold blooded murder. As we are at the top of the food chain, we are either guardians of the creatures on this planet, or destroyers. Their fate is in our hands.