A lot of people are not getting what happened here.
Some are even making light of this, which I can’t believe.
What happened here was a man’s livelihood was stripped by a bunch of single-minded bureaucrats.
A man who was trying to live self-reliantly.
When the day comes that the government takes away everything of yours, and it WILL come, how badly might you feel?
What the hell happened to Freep?
Used to be people here would instinctively get issues like this.
I hope Mr. Wordes rests in peace.
I hope his story begins to be understood as it should: how far the government is willing to push any of us.
I think we have been invaded.
Quite.
Remember folks, this is what happens when you draw a line in the sand. All he wanted was some chickens - nothing weird, nothing different from what Americans have done for centuries, nothing illegal (until the bureaucrats decided to impose their will by all means necessary). He drew his line of freedom not far from where many FReepers would as well.
FWIW, I’m in Roswell.