Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Poachers love you
Via Seattle Times, a stupidly dangerous effort by idiot billionaire Paul Allen.
Initiative 1401 would cover 10 species threatened with extinction in part due to the market for their body parts. The list includes the elephant, rhinoceros, tiger, lion, leopard, cheetah, marine turtle, shark, ray and pangolin. Violations would carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $10,000 fine. The measure would exempt museums as well as certain antiques and musical instruments, and sales from estates.When rich fuckheads get into There Oughta Be A Law mode, the result is sometimes merely useless. This law would be positively dangerous to the animals in question. THIS IS EXTREMELY SIMPLE. Basic economics. Supply and demand. Poaching is worth the trouble because: (1) Thanks to the one-child policy and selective abortion, Chinese men are overabundant. Because they're overabundant, they feel a need to stiffen and lengthen their dicks. Chinese medical traditions prescribe phallic animal parts as a remedy. Chinese men believe that it works, and that's enough. (Placebo is real and important.) (2) Because Chinese men have more money than stiffness, there's a huge demand for phallic animal parts. Lots of money available for a supplier. (3) Because international laws ALREADY FORBID poaching and selling these animals, there's a limited supply. Now idiot Allen wants to add one more law to the ALREADY EXISTING laws against poaching and selling phallic animals. This will INCREASE THE PRICES, and therefore INCREASE THE POACHING. It won't have any other effect. These animals DO NOT EXIST IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, so anti-poaching laws aren't needed here. I assume Allen is being funded and assisted by the Zimbabwe Poachers Union and the Hundred Orchids Powdered Shark Fin Factory.
Labels: Carbon Cult
¶ 8:31 AM
