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Some people are complaining that there weren't enough Weapons of Mass Destruction to justify a war, although we freed an entire nation of people from tyranny. But that hardly compares to the tyranny some feel when they see lobsters in a grocery store tank.

Joel Freedman grew upset at seeing lobsters, with rubber bands on their claws, piled atop one another in a supermarket tank. The animal-rights advocate figured it was time to make his anger known.

Freedman bought a pound of scallops and, before anyone could intervene, lifted the tank lid and dumped them in.

Store manager John VanBlargan said his employees tried to explain to Freedman that putting the scallops in the tank would do more damage than good. He didn't appear to listen to arguments that he was putting ``the equipment in jeopardy,'' VanBlargan said.

The lobsters are placed in 42-degree water, an industrywide standard, VanBlargan told the newspaper. That puts them in a ``semi-dormant state,'' making them less aware of their surroundings, he said.

Only in America.