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Aaron
at Tue May 24 23:05:36 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Aaron ]
While I agree with your sentiments, personally I don't want to have to hide in the shadows. Doing that is like admitting you're wrong. The fact that it's going to be hard to enforce is actually going to work against us in that when someone does get caught it will be an isolated incident, making it seem all the more unusual to keep herps as pets.
I really don't know what to do about it but I would have a very hard time criticizing anyone for wanting to hide when their lifelong collection suddenly becomes illegal overnight. It isn't fair.
One other thing, it's wierd that the general public doesn't seem to make the connection between rediculous laws like this and government waste. If the residents of that county would get a bill to where they could actually see how much money was being spent on making and enforcing stupid laws like this, I bet there would be alot fewer stupid laws. I would like to see all these laws and ordinances spelled out kinda like they do on your phone bill: Nonvenomous snake protection fee: $2 per year, Green lawn enforcement fee: $5 per year, Mustard and mayo on both sides of the sandwich, deli shop fee: $1 per year. etc. If people could actually see it that way I doubt they'd stand for it.
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RE: WI-Snake Bite Victim Fighting To Reclaim - Aaron, Tue May 24 23:05:36 2011