What ARE we coming to???

[ColevilleH2S]

As far as I am concerned you neighbour is a poacher. Crop damage or not hunting without a licence can only be done legally by people of a particular ancestral heritage.

[wilagro]

Happytrails: Obey the laws or get ticketed. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Private land has nothing to do with the whole episode.

Where have you been all these years that you don't know about migratory birds and the regulations concerning them?

You are squawking about an injustice that doesn't exist except in your own mind.

[burnt]

The good news on Canada geese here in the east is that we had two heavy rain episodes that coincided with their first and second nesting attempts and wiped out a huge number of their nests due to unusually high water.

So I guess things even out in the end, but the intervals can be extremely taxing.

[burnt]

Wilagro, have you ever driven over the speed limit? Deliberately or otherwise?

It sounds like you are so conscientious that you would never be guilty of such a dastardly offense.

[parsley]

"civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos"

Then you musst consider Ghandi a failure. He led his vision....by law breaking and being arrested, thousands at a time, chaos indeed, because the law was wrong.

Wrong.

Order has to be based upon a sound principle, checking.

The British arrested and jailed the Indians for gathering salt from the ocean without paying a tariff...something they had done for centuries before the British lande and bullied.

Too much legislation today is not based upon sound principles.

And it is legitimate to break today's laws for the singular reason to change them. I somehow think you will agree, checking. Parsley

[oneoff]

You can do absolutely anything in this world; up to and including murder. But there are consequences; and you should be prepared to suffer them.
There are also battles that seem just not worth fighting. Those in control may have decided that there is too much at stake; or the feelings of the majority just can't fathom even discussing those issues. Those issues might best be left to martyrs.
Picking and choosing which laws you think you're subject too just isn't smart thinking.

[parsley]

Ghandi broke an unjust law.

He was prepared to accept the consequnces. Jim Chatenay and Ron Duffy and John Turcatto were sent to jail for not presenting export licenses att he border. They bore the consequences.

You would sit on your hands. Whistling Dixie.

btw,There was still a law on the books a few years ago, in the city of Winnipeg to be charged for tying up your horse too loosley, in front of the bank.

Stupid laws maintained by stupid officials do not deserve respect.They should be changed. And those who test and break the law should do so for only that reason.Principle.

Most of the time, in these times, I observe that those officials enforcing stupid laws, act merely as tax collectors in order to pay their salaries.
Pars

[hlg]

But was the gun registered, speaking of useless laws.

[wilagro]

burnt: The point is that the migratory bird regulations have been known for eons...these people must have heard of them. I have used guns to scare off ducks and geese but if I had shot any of them I would have been looking over my shoulder as to who witnessed this.

No, I'm not perfect...very few come close. Trucks with no markings are legit for enforcement officers...why knock it as being unfair? Want to kill ducks or geese...get a damned permit...there cheaper than the fines and the hassle.

[checking]

I think parsley has way bigger issues to fry than wildlife regulations.

But, if not, then migratory goose on your menu tonight because it made the mistake of carrying on where the moles left off in your garden?

Tomorrow's supper, perhaps a migratory whooping crane that makes the same garden landing.

Stupid, indeed! HT's neighbour lost his temper. He was not thinking about principles when he pulled the trigger, and on that you should agree.