Gacie, it was thoughtless. I think most who own snakes (including when I did many, many moons ago) do it partly to show off -- we're not afraid of the Bogeyman type thing. But nice or not, he still had the RIGHT to bring it there. Citing incidents of snake attacks is meaningless.
What I'm afraid of is if snakes are somehow banned from the squares, dogs will be next. Many are truly terrified of dogs. Personally, I think the dogs are the best thing about the squares and I'm like a little kid running up to pet every one I can (and people have brought dogs there that bite strangers). If you ban one pet because people are afraid, it is much easier to ban another type because people are afraid.
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"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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