Today is the first day of the “Monster Shark Tournament”—copyrighted—in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard.

“I think the bottom line is it’s fun,” said [participant Matt] Philips….

Unless you’re a mako shark, one of the sharks the fishermen are allowed to kill, which are one of the planet’s most endangered species.

Someday the people of that beautiful island—aesthetically, if not spiritually—will look back and wonder, What were we thinking?

Let’s hope there are still some sharks around when it happens.