And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
People who expect reptiles to act like domesticated mammals deserve whatever they get.
ReplyDeleteHe's lucky it let him go.
ReplyDeleteWhat a dumb shit.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was growing up in rural MA, these things were pretty common in the swampy areas (meaning everywhere), and we knew enough to leave them alone.
ReplyDeleteI don't like snapping turtles or those nasty alligator turtles. But yes, he's as stupid as a box of rocks.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't bite the guy. It was the turtle's "puppy breath" that made him wince.
ReplyDeleteDumb as a box of hair
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