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Cynic
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### Hedgehog madness: A 11-year-old boy changing government!

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Post by Cynic » Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:49 am

There's a story being broadcast on a couple local news stations in Kansas and a few places across the world due to what people seem to call it's inherent wacky flavor.
Apparently some 11-year-old boy who is a Sonic the Hedgehog fan wanted to get a hedgehog and found that the laws prevented a Hedgehog as a pet. So he spent the next three years trying to rectify the situation and succeeded. The story probably is on air for the chuckles but I look at it and see a fvcking kid of all people being more proactive in government than I am. It makes me a little ashamed of myself.
The story in itself is fvcking awesome because he had enough zeal to go through with the entire thing and actually get results.
http://www.ktka.com/news/2009/jan/02/11 ... _and_wins/
his little guy changed Lawrence law...Or maybe it was this little guy
11 year-old Judson King became so enamored with the blue video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, he decided he needed a real one.
Then . .
"I got the breaking news they were illegal and that kind of made me really mad," Judson said.
Lawrence's animal code has long prohibited the fury rodents in the city limits, a fact that didn't particularly upset Judson's mother.
"I thought, that's my out. Now I don't have to get him one. Then he said, 'How do we make them legal?'" mom Rebecca Weeks said.
And that began a three year effort, perhaps crusade is a better word, to make hedgehogs legal in the city.
"I pretty much did research every single night for the past three years, and I daydreamed about having them. I had about 5,000 pictures of them," Judson said.
After the research, Judson sent a letter to city commissioners in January 2008, essentially asking them why they didn't like hedgehogs.
Eleven months later, commissioners put his issue on a city commission agenda.
"I was just playing with hedgehog pictures and then my mom comes in and says, "You are going in front of the city commission on Tuesday. I thought I would faint," Judson said.
At city hall, Judson arrived in a suit and tie and armed with personalized folders full of hedgehog facts for each of the commissioners.
It was no contest. Commissioners could not find a good reason why they were banned in the first place.
Judson King one, city commissioner nothing.
"I loved having him. I think he ought to run for commission in April," City Commissioner Sue Hack said.
Judson may not have the time.
Three years after he first asked for it, Judson got his hedgehog, Little Luke, for Christmas.
"Oh, it has been really worth it," Rebecca said.
Judson says all is going well with his new pet. But because hedgehogs are nocturnal, Little Luke's stirring frequently wakes Judson in the middle of the night.
I wish I had been this involved at his age.

> Ancient History wrote:We were working on Street Magic, and Frank asked me if a houngan had run over my dog.

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Post by JonSetanta » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:07 am

Wow. And here my girlfriend and I have been discussing plans for a potbelly pig (teacup, actually) and the possible legal implications...
Here's why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-5kb2rmcxQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvl2FNL0l7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpsnJDAEdu8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSwOXcYDSes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
That's very interesting. Glad the "little people" won in the face of legal arbitration.
Hedgehogs aren't rodents though. I was a rodent fan back in childhood so I recognize that common error.
Agreed, Cynic. When I was that age my days were spent stickfighting, biking, Magic cards, Warcraft 1 and 2, Doom, and Sega Genesis.
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Post by ubernoob » Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:06 am

Cute. The last link was the best though.
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Post by JonSetanta » Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:37 am

> ubernoob wrote:Cute. The last link was the best though.

Quite a pig, eh?
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### Re: Hedgehog madness: A 11-year-old boy changing government!

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Post by Caedrus » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:16 am

> A_Cynic wrote:Apparently some 11-year-old boy who is a Sonic the Hedgehog fan wanted to get a hedgehog and found that the laws prevented a Hedgehog as a pet. So he spent the next three years trying to rectify the situation and succeeded. The story probably is on air for the chuckles but I look at it and see a fvcking kid of all people being more proactive in government than I am. It makes me a little ashamed of myself.

We just got pwnt by an 11-year-old who wanted a gimmick pet.
Should be ashamed.
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Post by Cynic » Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:47 am

> Caedrus wrote:

> > A_Cynic wrote:Apparently some 11-year-old boy who is a Sonic the Hedgehog fan wanted to get a hedgehog and found that the laws prevented a Hedgehog as a pet. So he spent the next three years trying to rectify the situation and succeeded. The story probably is on air for the chuckles but I look at it and see a fvcking kid of all people being more proactive in government than I am. It makes me a little ashamed of myself.

> We just got pwnt by an 11-year-old who wanted a gimmick pet.
> Should be ashamed.

I'm guessing that's sarcasm. I'll assume it is and go from there. If not, disregard.
The idea of ideal government is not only to provide the bare necessities of legal framework but also to involve those you provide for within your framework.
What the fvck does a 11-year-old boy want for? Is he going to want to stop the war in Iraq, end global hunger?
Shit, these things do not have much of a frame of reference for the kid.
he might know someone in the war or someone going hungry but unless it has profoundly affected the kid, I doubt much action would be taken.
In fact, there's nothing wrong in being a little greedy if it at least gets you involved in the system.
What was one of his most pressing concerns to his happiness? A pet. He wanted a specific pet that he could take care of (hopefully rather than torture like some kids that I've known). He found out that this was an impossibility because of the legal system. So he went and rectified what he thought of as an injustice. It might seem like a far-cry to call it an injustice but to the mindset of the kid or to myself at that age, it's a god damned injustice.
So, yes, we got pwned by a 11-year-old boy. Damn right, we should be ashamed.
At least, I should. I don't know the level of involvement that you have in your community.

> Ancient History wrote:We were working on Street Magic, and Frank asked me if a houngan had run over my dog.

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