I've got a moral question

[rlditmars]

Do the right thing...................... stay out of his business.. Remember, thats what got us in this mess that were into today. A bunch of people trying to tell us whats right for us. Morality is when you see someone kicking a dog, thats when you intervene. The police arent gonna give you a metal, nor are the politicians gonna say "you know what, maby those big snake keepers are moral people, maby we should change the laws". All thats going to end up hapening is some guy is going to loose his pets. Now, if the animals are living in filth, he dosent deserve them.

spooky

I believe the OP is trying to do the right thing. The debate becomes exactly what that is. Would reporting a crime be "the right thing"? Should someone "stay out of a persons business", if that business is child pornography? Webster does not refer to kicking dogs but rather defines morality as "conformity to ideals of right human conduct." That would be both reptile and non reptile owning humans.

I am not taking a side. I have my opinions but have not expressed them. I neither encourage nor discourage the OP to act. I am simply contemplating the "what ifs". Your response seems to be more of a blanket statement that will serve your/our interests but may or may not be factual. There are many facets that have put the reptile hobby in the mess/predicament it is in. "A bunch of people telling is whats right for us", is the result of that, not the cause.