Quote Originally Posted by PurplePython View Post
You are absolutely right that it doesn't mean they should be able to make up stuff to make us reptile owners look bad. But the bottom line is, these people wouldn't be making up all of this crap to try to end our rights to own these pets unless there were these terrible reptile owners out there doing this kind of stupid crap like feeding dogs and cats to snakes.

Am I mad that these people are making up stuff to make these animals look too dangerous to own? Yeah, I am. But can I understand why they want these animals banned based off of all of the bullcrap surrounding this hobby? I can see understand that too.

I see both sides of the coin. If these people that are encouraging the ban have other reasons why they want these animals banned as pets, then of course they are going to make up facts or make problems seam bigger than they are.

People will do that naturally if they are against something.
I have to disagree, if you dont agree with a hobby or a way of life then by all means have and even share your opinion, but stick to FACTS. If I feel the need to get onto a soap box about somthing I dont start twisting evidence I have to make it look ten times worse than it is. I think thats immoral to be put lightly.
These people are also specifically targeting reptiles when the cases of mistreatment are far more few between than things like puppy mills, dog fighting rings, true animal horders, and thousands of other cases of unlicensed and improper keeping of many other exotics.
Again two wrongs dont make a right and it doesnt mean we should ignore a lesser problem for another one, however, to say that we arent doing anything is unfair when alot of people are working very hard at correcting the situation and getting very little recognition for it.
if we're going to agree with those people attempting to ban reptiles because there are some bad keepers out there, then the same should apply for all animals and we should all just go join PETA and the HSUS.