Some short notes to answer some questions n stuff, the other day. Mass Ferret bill 295 passed the House unani.... overwhelmingly back on May 15th, and is still waiting for a Senate vote to be scheduled by Ways and Means. The folks at the State House are really practiced at making everyone feel good, and not committing to a thing, but the 'vibes' seem to be good at the moment. My thoughts are that it may happen rather quickly and without much debate after some of the tougher or more controversial items are dispensed with. It appears that public opinion is really with us on this one, and also that the law is being enforced in some areas and not at all in others. --------------- Most interesting discussion re ferrets, the Militia, border crossings, airline counters and the like. I've always thought that honesty was far and away the best policy, probably because I was always so poor at the alternative. Also there is something about surrendering the point by not telling the truth. Not that it has to be volunteered in the face of overwhelming odds though either. Maybe they could be declared as 'Domestic Mustelids' in the Airline case. :,) Jimbo, I think that you are mistaken in believing that the government is some sort of sinister force. In the first place the government can't agree amongst itself about what it wants to do. The people who designed it back in colonial times set it up that way on purpose to limit power and slow down change. In the second place we all have the power of the vote, which means we can work to change what we don't like. Don't be impatient though, it didn't get this way overnight, and once a policy takes effect it will take just as long to change it again. Would you want it any other way ?? Public opinion is really the key, influence that and the rest just happens, albeit at its own pace. -------------- The address that I have for Path Valley is: Path Valley Farm, Inc 14374 Shady Pine Road P.O. Box 233 Willow Hill, Pa 17271 Tel: (717) 349-7610 Fax: (717) 349-2101 -- Squeekers says to say hello. Bill, Susie, Rocky, Squeekers, Peaches and Jack Framingham, Mass - Never underestimate the power of an entrenched Bureaucacy, it's impossible to stop an object at rest. [Posted in FML issue 1282]