Ohh gosh golly darn it, I've been found out again.
LOL
Or, perhaps, having had this conversation with a few thousand numbskulls I actually meant what I said when I said that I did NOT care one bit about this guy personally but I did have a care for what he could do to MY, and your, right to keep these snakes.
Let him get all butthurt. But I bet he'll never forget. Neither will you. Nor will countless others.
Who's more effective?
You, with your hugs and pats on the boo boos?
Possible, but unlikely.
By the way, talk about arrogant, how about someone ASS uming they know someone well enough to tell them how they think and why; amazing what some people say when contrasted with what they do.
Isn't it?
Get rid of the snake. Get a baby.