I just came to the ranch office to talk about some other stuff and saw this
thread. I am thousands of things behind, but since this is here, I thought I would clear up some stuff.
In a nutshell ..... I did look into some of this a few days ago. The bottom line of all this is: if you wish to keep your cows safe, I suggest that you never take them on a tour of any rattlesnake pit. This is exactly why it is called "the rattlesnake pit."
You might try to say "rattlesnakes,
you should not bite my cows because it is terribly inconvenient to me, and to the
cow. After all, you should save your venom for something you can actually eat - not waste it on a cow which is far too big." And yet the rattlesnakes continue to bite.
There is a popular go-to for stuff like this that has now been proved to be less than accurate, but lets back up 40 years and pretend it is true. Let's pretend that there was a time when nearly everybody was certain that the world was flat. So if you make your case and effectively prove that the world is flat, how does that go over for you? I suspect that 1% are convinced and the other 99%
string you up for "heresy" or some such nonsense.
So if you wander in to visit a group of people that are set on believing in the flying spaghetti monster, and you preach dude-ism, and you were less than persuasive ... and you lost cows by the hands of the pastafarians for shaming his noodliness, then ..... are you honestly surprised?
Now if a snake charmer wanders into the rattlesnake pit and conveys the same message then it is probable that the snake charmer will walk out with more cows. I think today's lesson is that you are not a snake charmer.
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