Possibly a new Motto for us all or just a thought for the day.

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2021:

That is a good one, would make a great teeshirt.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. - Corrie ten Boom

Fernapple comments on Nov 18, 2021:

Exactly.

Feeling spied on by websites. It's jarring.

Fernapple comments on Nov 17, 2021:

You can use a clear cookies/web files program/function if you like now and again. The only problem tends to be that they clear everything, so that you have to log on to say Agnostic.com manually again next time you visit, but you only have to do it once, and you are back to normal.

Come to Britain.

Fernapple comments on Nov 17, 2021:

It is worth pointing out, that this is a Christian group doing the survey, and that the stats are only about Christians for the most part. So it is not the British population as a whole, since it ignores the large percentages of other faiths and none believers. It it hard to tell with some of the stats, because they treat none Christians as none existent, and just refer to themselves as people, as usual. Here you go. Christianity (59.5%) No religion (25.7%) Islam (4.4%) Hinduism (1.3%) Sikhism (0.7%) Judaism (0.4%) Buddhism (0.4%) Other religions (0.4%) Not stated (7.2%)

Feeling spied on by websites. It's jarring.

Fernapple comments on Nov 17, 2021:

A couple of years ago I was searching for a new bike, and visited a number of cycling shops and sites on line. To this day, two years after I bought the bike, I still get bike adverts popping up alongside nearly every page (Except Agnostic of course. ) which I visit. Yes it is intrusive up to a point, but it is not really harmful, why would bike adverts annoy me more than adverts for anything else. And they are far from infallible, I get a lot of, local to you, type adds as well, except that they are all centered about eighty miles away, probably because many years ago, I did a search for a distant cousin, who does live there, and now somehow, even the almighty Google seems to have me wrongly located. ( Note to self. Do a couple of searches for ladies underwear. Should improve the look of the web.)

Fronts d’Vowel [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 17, 2021:

Very good first class article.

I feel immense pain for the little children all around the world today.

Fernapple comments on Nov 16, 2021:

They may prove just as corruptible as every other generation. I hope not, but we shall see.

It’s the American way.....

Fernapple comments on Nov 16, 2021:

That's about half the price it is in the UK and Europe. But then our governments tend to tax things which we should not perhaps use so much of.

Belief consensus

Fernapple comments on Nov 16, 2021:

I can only say from experience, that my partners and I have never shared any beliefs, but it was never a problem because we all respected each others ideals, and were prepared to be tolerant. So I suppose that we all had tolerance in common at least.

I wish we could convict him just for looking like a smug jerk!?! 😁

Fernapple comments on Nov 16, 2021:

Hey. How I look is nobodies business, and certainly not a crime. And if you do have an issue with my appearance take it up with me.

Why not evolution?

Fernapple comments on Nov 15, 2021:

(Posted below but will repeat.) Because the idea that religion is an evolved trait, and the idea that, it was just a bad idea that someone made up, are not contradictions. Since the capacity and ability to make up bad ideas is and evolved trait, but that does not mean that they are not still bad ideas. The same mistake appears most of all in your second point, asking if religion is just a product of criminals, which seems to assume that criminals are not themselves in many ways products of evolution. My desire to over-eat, and put on weight, is a product of evolution, dating from the days when good meals were hard to find. But that does not mean that it is necessary, inevitable or good to over-eat. My doctor tells me that if I put on weight, it will make me unfit, unhappy and shorten my life, so it is not good. I managed to stop doing it and lost weight, so it is not necessary or inevitable either. And the doctor's reasons for saying that I should not over-eat are many, but the greatest is the observation that people who do not over-eat, are usually fitter, happier and longer lived. So is the observation that societies which are less religious, and more secular, are generally happier and score higher on every feature of societal health, such as life expectancy, low criminality, better education, fewer unwanted pregnancies, less alcoholism etc. the list is endless. While the fact that virtually no observable single feature of religion, is common to all of them, also proves that none of it is inevitable.

Why not evolution?

Fernapple comments on Nov 15, 2021:

Religion is certainly a byproduct of evolution, as is everything else in human culture, which is an emergent property of evolution. Silly question why would anyone who accepts evolution think anything else ?

The Benefits of Claiming "Atheism" for Atheists Should Not Be Ignored

Fernapple comments on Nov 15, 2021:

I have to hold my hands up and say that I do just the opposite. If I was bothered about labels, then I would put myself down as an Agnostic Atheist Broad Church Sceptic, but for the most part if asked I will just say atheist. Because it is simple and people tend to understand it, but I live in Europe, where the is not the stigma attached to it there is perhaps in the US.

It is my favorite time of year in Florida.

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

The second most important thing in the world, is to be happy with where you live. (The first is to be happy with whom you live.)

I'm only familiar with 25 letetters of the alphabet.I don't know why...

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

Groan. U do not need to know all of them.

What a great idea! 5.

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

Yes well they would not want to stay in Belarus would they.

You’re not uncool.

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

I find it a lot easier than I did when young. Mind you I was a really obnoxious kid, horrible to an extreme, noisy, dirty, out of control, unfit and completely lacking in social skills. Boy I miss the old days.

Nah . I need a real dragon !

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

Size does not matter, it all depends on how hot you are. I am sure you have heard that before. LOL

Here kitty kitty kitty ….

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

And learning how to take failing. That should stand him in good stead for the rest of his life.

Waited for weeks!!

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

No, fake photo. He looks far too smart to need that. lol

“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things”…………….

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

Sad but true.

Meet the "bulldozer of the Aussie Bush," aka the Wombat, the fur covered Tank, the only marsupial ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

Never met one but, I love the idea of Wombats, because we have such a lot in common; bad attitude, portly figure, nosy, and a strong tendency to turn round and show the world my big ass.

People that spread misinformation on here or online and public figures/ or the general public about ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 14, 2021:

I just wrote on another post. "Religion is all about training yourself to accept delusions, and when once you have trained yourself to accept one, the same skill works perfectly for all the others." Including the delusion that you are honest and caring, even when you are being fraudulent and selfish.

Had a little boy make my day today.

Fernapple comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Honesty, one of the privileges of youth. And like all the privileges of youth, never truly valued until its gone.

Seven thousand feet elevation at the side of the road.

Fernapple comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Nice xeophite fern. Cystopteris, or Chielanthes perhaps.

Don't you just hate it when.

Fernapple comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Some times people get into a tram line, and they have said the same thing so many times, they just can't think about changing it.

SnowyOwl posted a thread about mortality/ethics, and this article discusses whether or or not ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Religion is all about training yourself to accept delusions, and when once you have trained yourself to accept one, the same skill works perfectly for all the others.

Remember the adage if it’s too good to be true it probably is. [wjtv.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Link not available in Europe.

I equate morality with religion and so I do not presume to have them as a godless one but I do have ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

If humans do not have instinctive morals, where did religion get its morals from.

Tauros | Rewilding Europe

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

It was the type of bull use in Crete for the bull jumping rituals, it is thought. And since it was not a native of Crete, somehow someone had to get them there using stone/bronze age shipping technology. Is it any wonder that they painted pictures of them all over their walls, and prized them in their sporting games. They probably bought calves to begin with, but even so it must have been some achievement.

If you want to be pissed off, just read the following article from today's Omaha newspaper: YES ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

If I had not had direct personal experience with believers, and did not know how sick and twisted they can be, I would take this for a joke.

Seven ways to curb climate change [bbc.]

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

Yes nice list, but the cynic in me, wants to ask. Have you actually got one that could happen ?

“There is always going to be a reason to get irritated by people’s behaviour but if you can find...

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

"I followed his gaze, and saw, coming down towards us on the sluggish current, a dog. It was one of the quietest and peacefullest dogs I have ever seen. I never met a dog who seemed more contented – more easy in its mind. It was floating dreamily on its back, with its four legs stuck up straight into the air. It was what I should call a full-bodied dog, with a well-developed chest. On he came, serene, dignified, and calm, until he was abreast of our boat, and there, among the rushes, he eased up, and settled down cosily for the evening." Jerome K Jerome.

He's still a threat.. [rawstory.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

Or at least one of his parasites is still feeding off him.

Ever wonder where Trumptards will lead us if given a free hand to destroy democracy and install a ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

The Mexican border, one way gates.

[etymonline.com]. seemed like a good moment.

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

Ah yes. I remember the days when the flouncing and bouncing of young ladies, as well as the bouncing of their flounces, could haunt my young mans mind for days.

Anyone know this guy?

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

My girlfriend thinks that she does, but she is wrong.

Bertrand Russell's Ten Commandments for Living in a Healthy Democracy | Open Culture

Fernapple comments on Nov 12, 2021:

I always liked Russell, and I love the neatness of his ten points.

So a nurse from my work is quitting to become a full time youth pastor.

Fernapple comments on Nov 11, 2021:

It is an old game, and you will find hundreds of examples with just a short search on line. But Richard Dawkins picked this one out, so I will go with it, for no other reason that I do not really have time to play. .Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you. • In all things, strive to cause no harm. • Treat your fellow human beings, your fellow living things, and the world in general with love, honesty, faithfulness and respect. • Do not overlook evil or shrink from administering justice, but always be ready to forgive wrongdoing freely admitted and honestly regretted. • Live life with a sense of joy and wonder. • Always seek to be learning something new. • Test all things; always check your ideas against the facts, and be ready to discard even a cherished belief if it does not conform to them. • Never seek to censor or cut yourself off from dissent; always respect the right of others to disagree with you. • Form independent opinions on the basis of your own reason and experience; do not allow yourself to be led blindly by others. • Question everything.”

There is a COVID case in your house. What do you do?

Fernapple comments on Nov 11, 2021:

Over here in the UK it is said, that you are less likely to develop serious symptoms if you get a low dose of the virus at the outset. Therefore, even if it is in your house and you are almost sure to get some, anything you can do to slow the rate at which you get the viral infection, such as masking and washing surfaces, is good.

How do you answer "Have a blessed day"?

Fernapple comments on Nov 11, 2021:

Like Moravian, I am fortunate in that, I have never heard it.

There is a difference I think between atheism/agnosticism/non-belief, on the one hand, and ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 11, 2021:

You do not have to go as far as science, to demonstrate the adaptive and genetic advantages that religion has brought to many. History will do. There is no doubt, that for example, many Arabic male gained a considerable genetic advantage from the establishment of the Islamic empire, and that the resulting boom in the access gained to female slaves and forced marriages, helped their genetic success. While there is no doubt that Christianity, was a driving force which helped, white European, and to a lesser extent black African people, take many of the resources of North America away from the native Americans, enabling vast population growth. While economics would show that, the wealth and power generated by the professions of priest, witch doctor etc., always helped males to gain access to more and better sexual partners, and that even the priestess may to a less extent have gained genetic advantages, such as higher grade male partners and more resources enabling more social success and higher survival rates among her children. But it is a two edged sword, because there is also no doubt that, the monastic tradition for example, did do a lot of harm to the breeding success of many.

So a nurse from my work is quitting to become a full time youth pastor.

Fernapple comments on Nov 11, 2021:

Besides that. You could point out the contradiction that their own prophet Jesus already did it, when he said that there was only one commandment. And that contradicts his own statement that he, came to complete the law, not abolish it.

Bullshit may baffle brains, but brighter brains beat the shit out of bullshit.

Fernapple comments on Nov 11, 2021:

I don't know. “Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.” ― Mark Twain

Has everyone been unable to post anything for the past 13 or 14 hours?

Fernapple comments on Nov 10, 2021:

Yep happened to me. I was worried that my repeated attempts would result in multiple displays of the same post. But that seems not to have happened.

Once thought to be as extinct as an honest Politician, this earliest ancestor of most eels has been ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 10, 2021:

Name please. Or even better a link.

The older I get, the more people look like baboons to me......👀

Fernapple comments on Nov 10, 2021:

Not really. I can tell baboons apart, but everybody under forty looks the same to me.

Time : The History & Future of Everything [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 10, 2021:

Very good should be shown in schools.

A vile little shit that needs to be drowned: [bbc.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 9, 2021:

Admittedly, it does seem stupid that the navy should require its steel tested at -100 degrees, exactly what unfrozen sea was it planning to sail its subs in at that temp.

I wonder why there is so much hostility between the Xstians and Islam?

Fernapple comments on Nov 9, 2021:

Ever priest/imam/ witch doctor in the world is in competition with every other. And when the only two products you have to sell, is a belief in that your followers have an exclusive access to truth and gods gifts, plus absolutes and the idea of perfection, then detail matters to an extreme. It is no good saying. "Yep god is going to let them into heaven as well." Because then you have nothing to sell.

Ideological conservatives of all stripes, political or cultural, are either ignoring or badly ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 9, 2021:

Basically true. Though I do think that drawing a analogy between biological evolution and human history, is stretching it a bit.

Trump Pals Slapped with Subpoenas

Fernapple comments on Nov 9, 2021:

It seems that you may have a working democracy over there after all. Though I am not holding my breath.

Is there any possibility of life after death?

Fernapple comments on Nov 8, 2021:

Many are still waiting for life before death.

I'm sure everyone will get this one.

Fernapple comments on Nov 8, 2021:

I hate spelling jokes but chemical nominal jokes are......... !!!!

Is there any possibility of life after death?

Fernapple comments on Nov 8, 2021:

Possibilities are endless, since there are no absolutes. Life is therefore, all about probabilities.

Name 'a group of complete idiots': California school investigating controversial question on history...

Fernapple comments on Nov 8, 2021:

All those in ancient Greece who took no part in the elections and votes that were held in their cities. ( Original meaning of the word. )

Can anyone give me the number of times the phrase "put to death" is in the bible?

Fernapple comments on Nov 8, 2021:

Interesting. Why would you want to know, please ?

Wow I can't believe what my beautiful friends did tonight.

Fernapple comments on Nov 8, 2021:

Well done and well deserved, you really make a worthwhile contribution here.

I don't need an antidepressant but I do need a beach that still has warm sunshine.

Fernapple comments on Nov 7, 2021:

Good advice.

Astronomy is not his forte.

Fernapple comments on Nov 7, 2021:

Never seen a constellation of that shape myself, but I will look out for it now. Mind you some people say the the milky way is in the shape of a naked lady, though I have never been able to see it myself, maybe it does show that much detail. My friend Ann says that she can see the naked lady, so maybe I will just have to try harder. LOL

Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong from both sides and Victoria Dockside, pictures from Boomtarat03.

Fernapple comments on Nov 7, 2021:

Say hello for me too, please.

Is it that windy in the UK?

Fernapple comments on Nov 7, 2021:

Very, and a lot of it comes from the fronts and rears of politicians.

Do you think we should ask him to join us?

Fernapple comments on Nov 7, 2021:

Also known as. "The ones who don't pretend they know all about me, to fool others."

James O'Brien rips bigotted pastor a new one, GO JIMMY [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 7, 2021:

Boy he has a good debating technique, it may be he got an easy one and was in control of the volume, but that is still impressive.

Is militant ignorance the scourge of this time?

Fernapple comments on Nov 6, 2021:

I think that it was the scourge of all times. It is just that post the enlightenment and the scientific philosophy we can now see that it is just ignorance pure and simple, where in the past the Christians, called it Islamic lies, the Mohammedans called it Hindu lies, and the Hindus called it Buddhist lies, etc. etc.

Well! Thanks to impeccable research and dedicated experimentation I can definitely state that the ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 6, 2021:

Do not DIY , get help from a professional who knows what they are doing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOXIpsoEo2w

This should bring them out of the woodwork.

Fernapple comments on Nov 6, 2021:

That's spelling not grammar. If we are being proper little Nazis, lets get it rite. LOL

Good times

Fernapple comments on Nov 5, 2021:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site.

Researchers Revise Recipe for Building a Rocky Planet Like Earth [quantamagazine.org]

Fernapple comments on Nov 5, 2021:

It is one thing having the recipe, and quite another finding a saucepan big enough.

Probiotics are ever so good for you.

Fernapple comments on Nov 5, 2021:

And never use mouthwash without rinsing and spitting several (six or more ) times afterwards, even a tiny amount of mouthwash swallowed can upset you gut bacteria. That is probably the main reason some people need probiotics in the first place.

Ring! Unknown number, I answer and a mechanical voice says, “This is AT&T.

Fernapple comments on Nov 5, 2021:

And while they are talking to you, they can not be scamming someone else. A great public service.

Did Jesus actually exist?

Fernapple comments on Nov 4, 2021:

I have heard people make seemingly good cases for the mythical Jesus, for a real Jesus but with a fictional life, a real Jesus with a mythical life, a fictional Jesus made by the devout, a fictional Jesus made to discredit him, a metaphorical fictional Jesus, a literal Jesus with a true life but no miracles, a literally true Biblical Jesus and many other variations. And they all had two things in common, firstly that the poor quality of available evidence could not come near to proving anything, so that all are deluding themselves with their own inventions. You simply can not draw any conclusions from evidence that poor and biased. And second that the content of the Bible, and the religions derived from that, are not affected one jot by his existence or not.

How vivid it still looks! Amazing! Crystal jug from Egypt, Fatimid era ( c.

Fernapple comments on Nov 4, 2021:

And I think that means, carved out of rock crystal, not crystal glass.

The Sunday Assembly hopes to organize a godless future. It’s not easy. [religionnews.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 4, 2021:

They ask. "Can you build a sustainable community that offers all the social benefits of a church but without God?” Yes of course you can, but you are missing the point, they are called the, music group, the community garden association, the dramatics society, the model railway society, the pets rescue, the charity shop, the nature group, etc. etc. Do something real, churches are fake, and fake fakes, are just silly.

Gentlemen, it's that time of year again, fair notice given.

Fernapple comments on Nov 4, 2021:

Good advice to gentlemen. How to to know if you will get on when married, look to see if she has decorative towels, if she does, do not propose under any circumstances, in fact move to the next county.

Where the heck are my birthday presents? What's wrong with you people?

Fernapple comments on Nov 4, 2021:

Many happy returns.

Agnostic. MIA: Missing in Administration.

Fernapple comments on Nov 4, 2021:

No you are not, I can see you quite plainly.

I'm so so sorry to do this friends but I have to leave you for ever, I've finally found the TRUE ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 4, 2021:

The napkin wipes out the bowl of pasta completely, as far as I am concerned.

Love the transition between Fall and Winter.

Fernapple comments on Nov 4, 2021:

Lovely gold light on the larch.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Fernapple comments on Nov 3, 2021:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site. Could not agree more.

Greetings folks! I’m new here.

Fernapple comments on Nov 3, 2021:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site, just get in and start engaging, you soon go up the levels.

[heritagedaily.com] Entire Mayan canoe found underwater

Fernapple comments on Nov 3, 2021:

T 1.6 metres its very small for a canoe, more of a short surf board or flotation aid.

"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken" Oliver ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 3, 2021:

From a letter to the Church of Scotland.

We all die and hopefully most of us live life as well.

Fernapple comments on Nov 3, 2021:

To be lost and forgotten is perhaps our greatest blessing. We may lose all the joys of life, but we also lose the pains and regrets of life too, and we have the happy knowledge that we shall no longer a burden to the world or its people, not even in memory. I have been a gardener all my life, and created, or helped create, many lovely gardens. ( If I may be so immodest for the sake of argument. ) Yet gardens are the most ephemeral of all the arts, neglect them for a year or two, and they are gone, nobody will hang my gardens on a gallery wall for future generations to waste their time and thought on, wondering wrongly what an old man intended. When they are gone, new young people, hansom young men and pretty girls in gardening boots too big for their dainty feet, will take those spaces and make beautiful new gardens of their own, for their children to play in. And that is the true comfort for mortality, the renewing quality of life. While if the human race kills the planet, and with it, all the gardens, both man made and natural, in its greed and shallowness, then at least I shall not see it, and can say. "Screw you lot. Let the world go to whatever small creature crawls out of the ruins, surviving hard times, and evolving, earns you a few hours sitting in the garden at least."

Condor has a virgin birth. Do you think that her name is "Mary"? [smithsonianmag.com]

Fernapple comments on Nov 3, 2021:

It happens in some species. What is worth noting for interests sake, is that both clones from the mother, were male. This happens because while in mammals like humans, males have an XY chromosome combination and therefore must have, both a male and female parent. In birds it is the opposite, males having two identical chromosomes, so that one or a doubled copy will yield a male, while female is determined in birds by having the equivalent of a Y passed down from the father. Ain't nature cute.

I think that this is sometimes real instead of a cartoon.

Fernapple comments on Nov 3, 2021:

"You will feel better when we empty the collection."

Uh oh! It's started! Just saw my first Christmas TV commercial (Audi)!

Fernapple comments on Nov 2, 2021:

You are lucky, in the UK it started a month ago. The "Christian hypocrites worship consumer trash culture festival," gets longer and longer every year, could make me turn Islamic.

Carbon Capture & Storage. Who's kidding who?

Fernapple comments on Nov 2, 2021:

That would be funny, if it was not so painfully true.

“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire ...

Fernapple comments on Nov 2, 2021:

That's a coincidence, if you think about it, that has a complimentary meaning to todays Socrates quote.

And Americans complain about Russian interference in their elections. Why?

Fernapple comments on Nov 2, 2021:

Do as yee would be done by. LOL

Finished a quilt I started last spring. It's called "ponds."

Fernapple comments on Nov 2, 2021:

Wonderful. I would love to have that on my bed.

Anyone know why my photos display upside down or sideways when I post them?

Fernapple comments on Oct 31, 2021:

This site only displays photos landscape fashion, always has, just crop the images to be wider than high.

I have placed this in the Health and Happiness section simply because talk about SCIENCE actually ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 31, 2021:

TEST, DOUBT, WORK.

Trump's New "Free Speech" Platform Will Ban You for Criticizing It - YouTube

Fernapple comments on Oct 31, 2021:

Who'd have thought that would happen. LOL

What the fuck is with FB?

Fernapple comments on Oct 31, 2021:

The only reservation I have about this site is, that it runs on FB software, I hate to think that the pathetic little Zuc is making money out of it.

“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.

Fernapple comments on Oct 31, 2021:

Works well for me, though there could be other definitions of immaturity given. One that I like is. The inability to distinguish between, I want, and, its true. Sadly though, however you define it, there are a lot of people who will willfully chose it, even though they could do better, and there are many things in our cultures which actively promote it.

How atheists have become racist.

Fernapple comments on Oct 31, 2021:

Sorry but its moved on again, its about education now. It seems that your link goes to a blog type news page which changes often.

Lower working memory capacity linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines during the ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 31, 2021:

That is a very long way of saying. If you see someone without a mask, they are probably a stupid ass. But it is always nice to have tested scientific proof.

Sooooo, what exactly is the purpose of this app?

Fernapple comments on Oct 31, 2021:

Hello and welcome. Its basically a good place for boring old farts like me to hang out, a bit like a digital version of a lake side fishing tackle shop which does coffee, really.

great butt tatt

Fernapple comments on Oct 31, 2021:

The problem is that we have mothers in law in England, but not armadillos.