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Post by lilbandit on Apr 30, 2005 10:03:57 GMT -5
*waves to Silverdragonnet* Hi! *eats cookie* anyone want a cookie? xxx
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Post by RandallBoggs on Apr 30, 2005 12:59:22 GMT -5
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Post by lizardgirl on May 1, 2005 4:19:52 GMT -5
I do I do!
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Post by lilbandit on May 1, 2005 7:10:46 GMT -5
*gives cookie to Lizard-Girl* who can resist the temptation of a choco chip cookie?!? xxx
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Beboots
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Post by Beboots on May 1, 2005 8:12:02 GMT -5
I won't be around much tomorrow, either, with one of the US"s biggest reptile shows in Raleigh, NC being tomorrow, and it includes a rally to fight an "exotic animal" ban which would prohibit many reptiles and many breeds of domesticated dogs and cats(all Northern breeds, like Huskies, and Bengal Cats, etc.)from being owned in NC. *sighs wisfully* It sounds so fascinating... How long is the show?
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Post by pitbulllady on May 1, 2005 10:46:50 GMT -5
The show is two days long, Saturday and Sunday. I only attended one day, due to lack of money and the fact that it's a little over 3 hours away. I was a bit disappointed in the selection of animals for sale; I went to look for an adult female Cornsnake, but no one had anything but males or little tiny babies. If I'd been looking for Boas, I would have been very pleased-EVERYBODY had Boas for sale, at cheap prices.
We did get to hear more on the proposed NC "exotic" animal ban, which is in committee now. It's part of a large animal rights movement to make pet ownership or animal keeping of ANY sort illegal in the US, by convincing lawmakers that animals are dangerous and that no one is capable of properly taking care of them, so therefore no one should be allowed to keep them, for any reason. The bil would seek to ban, for example, ALL dogs which look "wolflike", if their owners can't prove they AREN'T "wolf-dogs". That would include Huskies, Malamutes, Samoyeds, all Arctic breeds, plus many Shepherd mixes. There is no DNA test to distinguish wolves from dogs, therefore ALL dogs are "wolf-dogs", and if someone has a Shepherd x Husky mix, which of course won't have registration "papers", it can be taken and killed as being a "dangerous wild animal"! The bill also seeks to ban all snakes that can reach 8 feet in length, whether or not there have ever been in documented cases of them harming a human. Ironically, it ALLOWS citizens to keep native NC rattlesnakes and other native pit vipers, so this goes to show just how "informed" the people who drafted the bill and are trying to get it passed actually are about the assumed threat to humans such animals pose. South Carolina animal keepers defeated a similar bill here in 2001, but our idiots at the capital will most likely try again, especially is the NC bill passes.
pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on May 1, 2005 10:49:10 GMT -5
What a stupid law..... But then again our law system has always been corrupt.....if there's a petition, I'll sign it!
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Post by pitbulllady on May 1, 2005 11:07:34 GMT -5
Sorry, they will only accept signatures from people who are legally registered to vote in the state of North Carolina. I couldn't even sign it, since you have to put your address down, too.
pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on May 1, 2005 11:09:12 GMT -5
......Well....just note I agree with you ^_^
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Beboots
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Post by Beboots on May 1, 2005 20:51:31 GMT -5
Man, that bill sounds horrible. -_-; Why is it that people don't do a whole lot of research when putting forward these things? Reminds me of the whole "native self-government" issues we've been discussing in Social Studies class. Essentially, someone put forth a bill that essentially stated that the province of Québec was "special" and would be treated differently (because they are a prodominantly French province, etc.), but when they tried to pass the bill, everyone thought of "special" in a different way (mostly the Western provinces thought that the federal government was throwing yet another bone to Québec, etc.). They also had a clause in there stating that the natives would be able to "self-govern", but again, they failed to define "self-government" (like, would reserves have the power of cities - which would make sense - or would they be considered independant nations?). Just goes to show that the law - and, well, just about anything - can be interpretted in many different ways. Yay for loopholes. *sarcasm*
I mean, if a law is made intending to protect people from "dangerous animals", shouldn't they define and research just what makes an animal dangerous?
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Post by lizardgirl on May 2, 2005 6:25:46 GMT -5
See, now this is one of the reasons I'd like to be a lawyer- you get to study all the complexities of the law, and use it to your own advantage. But yes, it's very true that the law, no matter where you are in the world, is corrupt.
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Post by RandallBoggs on May 2, 2005 10:20:40 GMT -5
Ick.....makes me think of the gaming industry. They're actually coming out with a game where you become a drug lord by just buying drugs. Nothing else. If that isn't stupid, what is?
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Post by lizardgirl on May 4, 2005 10:45:07 GMT -5
Sounds like a...GREAT...game. *cough*
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Post by RandallBoggs on May 4, 2005 14:07:38 GMT -5
Pfft....You can tell somebody's gonna get arrested. The Makers....or the buyers....
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Beboots
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Post by Beboots on May 4, 2005 18:18:09 GMT -5
See, now this is one of the reasons I'd like to be a lawyer- you get to study all the complexities of the law, and use it to your own advantage. But yes, it's very true that the law, no matter where you are in the world, is corrupt. I wouldn't say corrupt - I'd say that the law is ever-evolving. You know, some parts are out of date, some parts are abused, etc., but a lot of the time (especially in the more developed nations) they do, more often than not, do a good job protecting society. Sure, it's not perfect, but keep in mind that the law is, ultimately, a human creation.
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