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Help Me Understand This...

Posted by SaltyDog 9 years, 7 months ago to News
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In one community recently, the local authorities were all puffed up over a family having a purple jungle set in their back yard and some of the locals didn't agree with the aesthetic. (Apparently the little girls for whom the swing set was erected liked purple. Go figure.). The authorities were promising fines, etc. if the family didn't take it down.

Fast forward to today in Orlando, Florida. It seems a local there has his own reality TV show. He also has lethal reptiles in his home. Well darn the luck, one got out the other day. Sadly, he forgot to mention it to anyone like, oh say, the cops for several days. Turns out the escapee is an EIGHT FOOT KING COBRA, which can grow to 14 feet. Further, said snake owner opined the the beast probably went into a local wooded area and most likely we'll never be found. Not to worry though...he probably won't bite anyone.

Is this a great country or what??!?!

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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Interesting, but I would worry more that the thing gets loose and goes after ME. I cant understand why someone would want something that powerful that couldnt be domesticated.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    We have black widows here in nevada too. Bites ae very nasty. Brown recluse spiders are the bad ones. I havent seen one, but I just dont like spiders anyway.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Its worse than that. you can only build what the government says is approved by their building code and then inspected by their henchmen. And then you have to pay an asset tax on it each year of 1% (at least in Nevada)
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  • Posted by JCLanier 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Abaco: IF I had a child and it was "nailed" by this creature, I would hold the owner of this animal responsible for nothing less than manslaughter.
    And, the negligence of waiting to inform authorities that might have been able to quickly contain the situation?
    Exotic dangerous animals should not be allowed in residential areas. Wild animals in cages?! I find this cruel and unusual punishment. But I have a hard time accepting the rationale behind a zoo (maybe a long time ago before television).

    If a child got wounded or killed by a gun accidentally left unguarded... well... you would be considered responsible and there would be hell to pay. IMHO, this dangerous animal is no different.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This is why I would want to do some investigating before signing any agreement that might put someone like that in power over me.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Depends on how the HOA is set up. I would love to see libertarians set one up, where nobody can be charged to pay for an expense he didn't approve.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I could live with any of those options. But I wouldn't want to put anyone in jail for something like that.

    If it were me, I'd do nothing. The snake will probably take off in search of food. Now if it were a case like the Gypsy Moth Caterpillars, I think I'd do some research and see if some predator which eats them can be introduced without creating a worse problem than it solves. But if I thought the answer was yes, I'd ask the city council for permission first, because I don't want to p off my neighbors. I have to live with them.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You'd be surprised how well some of those snakes can blend in. I had a lady friend with a tame, 8 foot boa constrictor.
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  • Posted by SaltyDog 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I didn't mention condos because in truth, I rarely ever think about them. I consider them the worst of both worlds, but that's just me. When someone tries to get me to buy something and then I find that I'm restricted to whom I can sell it (and by extension, how much I can charge), they lose my attention pretty quickly.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 9 years, 7 months ago
    It's an upside down anti civilization where nothing makes sense...it's Super Man's nemesis...Bizarro!
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    All the more reason to raise 'em. I'll claim they're endangered a make my backyard a native preserve.
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  • Posted by JCLanier 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Dukem: yes, "...free people also keep their agreements." but too many do not and this inevitably leads to dissension. I had four years on a condo board during a costly construction addition and it was nothing less than a war zone. The documents that govern these associations are usually ambiguous and wide open to interpretation. The experience was, however, a most close encounter with how vicious, how totally unreasonable and downright ugly people can be when they are called to account for their actions or lack thereof.

    This post represents, in many ways, the irrational world that we are immersed in and that we fight against everyday.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 7 months ago
    Purple Jungle Set a no-no. A deadly King Cobra capable of taking down an elephant -- OK so long as you have a permit. I'm planning to raise Black Mambas in my backyard. They like to drop on you from tree branches delivering a bite deadlier than the King Cobra. Of course, I'll need a permit, but it shouldn't be a problem because I know several folks on the City Council. Next year I am undecided as to whether to raise Black Widow spiders or the Brown Recluse type.
    This IS a great country -- no or what about it.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I didn't ergo the reply ...same level of answer. If you noticed the original statement said nothing about condos or owners associations so I ignored it to keep my comments on the same level as the others until that part came up. Condos don't have back yards they have common yards in back That aside some other part has the comment on buying once for the privilege of paying rent twice which speaks for itself. I thought it was time well and accurately spent.
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  • Posted by JCLanier 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Jan: What an image! Naked-packing heat and a cold beer in hand... if it's high noon you could add a hat. Thanks for the laugh.
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  • Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So no circus and no zoos? He did not initiate force against anyone. The use of preemptive force is the basis of the regulatory state.
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  • Posted by Watcher55 9 years, 7 months ago
    "Losing" a deadly snake (in the wild they kill a lot of people) is not like losing a gun, it is more like losing a land mine, except one that hunts you out. So it is a negligent use of force (considering that deliberately releasing a cobra would be a direct initiation of physical force).
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Jan and I were just discussing Minority Report over lunch -- which she hasn't seen. I said that if all they did was stop the crime it would have made more sense -- but less of an opportunity for drama.
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  • Posted by khalling 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    note in the edited quote above (which Mike seems very adept at finding obscure quotes, usually taken out of context for the purpose of argument sake), she says law and then only mentions a civil solution, which exists anyway. She is not advocating a criminal solution of Minority Report
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