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> Subject: Re: DFG thinks 197 won't work From:
> djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) Date: 28 Mar 1996 13:54:51
> -0800 Message-ID: <qqlokkevdg.fsf@tartarus.ucsd.edu> 
> 
>> Well now that 197 was defeated we can get to work on controling
>>animals hat are a real and greater threat to people: 

>> KillerBees 
>> Black Widow and Brown Recluse spiders 
>> Rattlesnakes 
> 
> Hmm, how many killer bee hunts have you hear of recently? As for the
> other animals, they serve a vital ecological (and therefore economic)
> purpose. Heck, this would be a challenge. Those that aren't content
> merely to deer, ducks, and pigeon, and are frustrated they don't have
> the ability to hunt cougars, can go after these killer bees, prove
> their dominance over nature, impress the chicks, and provide a
> valuable service (of course, they'd probably have a few millers and
> end up taking out European honeybees instead). 
> 
> The right to choose to hunt was never taken away. Just what can be
> hunted. If they want more challenge, or even danger, it's all right
> there. Their right to choose was never compromised anymore than any
> other law (such as abridging their right to choose to drive across
> their neighbor's lawn, etc).

I made the original post about killer bees, it was meant to be joke. One
of the reasons behind prop 197 was that the general public was being
threatened by rogue, salvia dripping, Cougers stalking our peaceful
neighborhoods. Hundreds of innocent civilians were being ripped to shreds
and dragged screaming off to the wilds to be consumed alive at a later
time. 

Considering the few people actually threatened, not to mention killed, by
mountain lions, we have a none problem. If the protection of people was an
actual concern of the 197 proponents we would have hunting of gang
bangers, drunk drivers and other more serious threats. Bees and spiders
kill more people than snakes each year and yeah they are an important part
of the environment so I propose to leave them alone.

Either the sponser of the proposition was a mental basket case or there
was secret agenda behind it.