Apparently the person who posted the ferret message which got pasted to the Legalizeferrets newsletter was - as we say in the UK - "taking the mickey" ie pulling our legs a little. Apparently a lot of folks have written to him taking him to task, (I wrote a friendly informative post to him - probably more than he wanted to know about ferrets) and he responded to me - quickly - that he was not serious and was just being facetious - maybe not in good taste (I'm paraphrasing) - but not again not serious. From the rapidity of his response I think he's getting quite a few complaints and is regretting that post which ended up on the Legalizeferrets site. Poor guy, the weasel lovers are after him like white on rice! He asked me to spread the word. I'm going to start watching Monty Python again - think I've lost some of my British skepticism/sense of humor when I read somewhat inflammatory material. The dead parrot episode and the Life of Brian (a Python movie) come to mind. And what about A Fish called Wanda where the three dogs - oops won't go there, there may be dog lovers on the FML Meryl [Posted in FML 6579]