Pythons4pets,



>>It's obvious I started off on the wrong foot here.



Maybe so but you can either learn from it or go away...There are people here on this forum that are "legends" in our time about what they have accomplished for the entire herp commmunity including most of the zoo's and university's in thiscountry - before they redefined the classical "scientific method" to include "social justice" and "animal rights". Heck for some of them, I knew about them when I was a teenager (no offense Kathy) and a college student back in the late 70's and early 80's...



In other words, there are people here from which you could learn something about the real world as opposed to the "biased' version from the media or the pamphlets and infomercials from 501c3, non-profit, tax-exempt organization whose primary interest is money under the banner of conservation and the environment...You have an opportunity to learn something...



>>It's easy for you to try to intimidate/scare off/write off brand new members just because they showed a different view than yours, that's your perogative.



This isn't about intimidation...It's about defending a passion for a cherished endeavor that we've been doing since we were kids. Because we've spent countless hours researching "stuff" we've been able to remove the rose colored glasses and see the agents of the destruction of our freedoms...You can choose to be naive if you want but one day, you'll find out that due to ignorance, you've lost something...Most of us here are not willing to take that lying down...



>>Perhaps this was a great test after all to gauge how this community would receive a new member. I had my ambivalence joining well before I came here and now I know why. I'll never take my woman's intuition for granted again. You've all done fine w/o me all this time so you probably don't need me around.



Look, you have to learn to stand on your own two feet here and an uninformed opinion is more than likely to be challenged if it's not well founded...By the way, who cares about your gender (woman's intuition)? Kathy's probably forgotten more knowledge than most of us here (except for Tom, perhaps) will ever know...



Later,

Jim.
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