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Posted by: jscrick at Fri Feb 22 22:41:31 2008 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]

What possibly could be the motivation for that proposed Missouri law?
Seems like narrow minded Branson Fundamentalists. The ones that don't want Evolution taught in school.
It's that simple minded "Why would anyone want to keep a snake? I don't want to keep a snake. You shouldn't be able to keep a snake. That's for professors and zookeepers and wildlife officials, not everyday people".
Just because they can't imagine it in their narrow ignorant frame of reference, obviously to them something is wrong with those that can.
In their mind it's only for the professionals, those qualified authorities they deem acceptable. They create and empowered a demographic that has the sole right and privilege to what previously belonged to us all. They're taking our rights away. They are shredding yours and my Constitution.
They don't mind forfeiting the privilege, the responsibility, and the right to a special class, so why shouldn't everyone else do the same?
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

Don't you see -- it's people that don't want private ownership of wild animals. They can't comprehend any benefit to man or animal with personal possession. We know this is wrong, of course.
They believe the possession and stewardship for the benefit of wild animals should be a vocation, not an avocation -- a vocation by "qualified public authorities" only. They don't mind forfeiting and delegating that right and responsibility away one little bit. They personally have no interest in private possession and ownership of wild animals themselves. They see no reason why you should either.
They see it in the public's interest and in wildlife's interest for ownership and stewardship of wild animals to be a function of the public sector, ie. government and government's assigns -- to possess the exclusive authority over what is and what is not done on the behalf of wild animals.
"Leave it to the authorities. Leave it to the professionals. After all, it's their JOB." they say.
They want to take away your right to privately own, possess, and enjoy a wild animal. They cannot conceive any benefit to man nor beast, for laymen like us have anything to do with wild animals.
They seem to think we're all getting rich at the expense of the environment. They are simply uninformed/misinformed people. That couldn't be further from the truth.
We know we have done more for the animals than all of them put together -- through public awareness, captive breeding, animal husbandry, education...the list goes on. I for one, don't want to turn any wild animal's future over to the paper publishing professors and tobacco chewing game wardens of the world. I will not stand by and have my rights forfeited to a single class of authoritarian bureaucrats by a bunch of narrow minded bigots.
jsc

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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

What these people are trying to shove down all our throats is called "GOVERNMENT MANDATED SOCIAL SPECIALIZATION". Has a Communist ring to it doesn't it?
All you guys screaming and crying about the Democrats being responsible for all this -- You might aught pull your heads out and come up for some air. You might even notice who's been in power for the last 7 years. Its those very corrupt control freaks that talk a good game of less government less regulation. Those George Bush Neocolonialist Fascist, those can't walk the talk Republicans. 9/11 was just their big opportunity for a power grab.
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

And let me add, they're nothing but a bunch of fear mongering demogogues.
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer