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Originally Posted by razark
I see your point. I'd rather see her with the teeth than see her scrapped. But I still think it's wrong. These boats shouldn't need a gimmick to bring people in.
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Agree - totally. AVG and I have spoken on the deck of Torsk on a busy Saturday. We've seen the kids come streaming out of the big fish tank (NAIB) next door, only to be totally enraptured by the grinning shark's teeth sitting there right in front of them - it's totally inappropriate, but I'll be damned if it's not keeping some dollars coming into the boat, and I'm totally NOT against that.
The good thing is, for those who care to know, it's a short answer to their question: No, those wouldn't have been on the boat in service - they're there because Baltimore wanted to bring people to the boat. The ones who care understand - and I've garnered more than a few donations from people who do so in the hopes that their dollars will go to painting over the shark. The folks who don't get it, probably never will.