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Toni Hawryluk wrote:

> tvoivozhd---Forgot exactly when---sometime after `1997 the British 
>  
>
> > 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.
> >    
>
> 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 ?
>
>  
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.