Susan Erickson wrote:
On the other hand, he did not go around screaming that it was a
conspiracy against him and a miscarriage of justice and "I did
nothing wrong" etc as others have.
rant
So the trick is to stand up and take it like a man (or woman).? Yes
officer, I know I was speeding with a truckfull of illegal ladyslippers,
duty free cigarettes, and backyard moonshine towards a preschool... My
bad... Maybe I'd only get three months probation and have to give up
the cigarettes.
Chances are very good that if a few dozen kovachii had been brought
into this country (legally, please), I'd be buying flasks of seedlings
as we speak. Or allow unlimited international transportation of plant
material in sterile flask. It isn't like phrags are hard to grow from
seed, you know. In 5 years the market would be glutted with the darn
things. Now, of course, the plants are going to get into the US anyway
(I am 120% certain they are already here, although I haven't seen one
yet). None of the (in my opinion, moronic %#@!s) people who have
kovachii in the country now are going to be raising any from seed time
soon...and adult plants will be continue to be stripped out of the
jungle to feed world demand. Dumbest way to 'conserve' things I've
ever heard.
And yes, if you could grow rhinocerous horn and tiger testicles and
god knows whatever other animal part people just have to have in tissue
culture, that should be legal too. Unfortunately animals are hard to
propagate that way. We should take advantage of the fact that many of
the most desirable plant species are quite easy to propagate...
The system is broken. With politics the way it is, perhaps we have
to start a PAC and start throwing millions of dollars at congress. That
would fix the system in microseconds. A cheaper solution: For a few
thousand bucks we could ship crates of viagra to China, that might
alleviate the market for most of those animal parts.
/rant
Rob (a little bitter this morning, ain't he?)
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1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit
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