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On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:16:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Facing criminal charges that might have put him in prison for years,
Mr. Vieillard pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of violating the
Lacey Act, and was handed a $17,500 fine and three years probation. "

So, he agreed that he violated the law and was fined. I don't
understand why you're upset. He did have to plead guilty.

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Obviously you have completely missed the point.

The only point is this guy broke the law.
Why are defending a smuggler?
http://tinyurl.com/3j7qbbm
Do want all import laws and endangered species laws made null and void?
Anybody with a sense of decency wants to protect endangered species.
Does that exclude right-wingers trumping up bogus charges about some
"inconvenience" to business?
Is it okay with you to let right-wing politics allow species to become
extinct?
Have some decency!
If these guitar and piano sellers could overcome their fetish for
endangered species maybe they could educate their customers to rid
themselves of the same fetish.
There is NO reason for using rosewood or ivory except fetish.
If Gibson had a brain they would use a substitute, make it a selling
point, and sell more guitars.
But they have fetish instead of brain.