[Homestead] not - Iraqis

tvoivozhd tvoivozd at infionline.net
Sun Nov 28 17:06:29 EST 2004


Toni Hawryluk wrote:

>tvoivozhd---Forgot exactly when---sometime after `1997 the British 
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>>passed a law making it illegal for gardeners and farmers to save 
>>heirloom seeds.  Don't know its present status.  I doubt such a  law 
>>would be enforcible in Iraq---they seem an uruly lot and everyone 
>>carries a Kalashnikov unless they feel the grenade launcher or a 90 mm 
>>mortar tube stashed in their bedroom  closet would be more appropriate.
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>Having read about U.K and particularly British feelings
>about their gardens, would you offer your opinion
>about a possible percentage of British law-breakers
>re heirloom seeds ?
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The "strong" feelings of the British gardener didn't prevent the  Law 
from being passed in the first place---I have a good deal more 
confidence of  Kalashnikov persuasion  in the hands of every gardener, 
both in keeping the law from being passed or enforced.




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