With noble intentions

Given that now any anti-establishment action is seemingly viewed as an act of terrorism, it seems that the terrorists have finally had a win. In the Geelong County Court. According to this story Ralph Hahnheuser was found not guilty of deliberately setting out to cause economic loss.

Ralph was the guy that finally figured out how to stop live sheep exports to the Middle-East. His solution: just throw some ham into their feed. Sheep eat the feed along with the ham and bingo the sheep are now no longer considered clean. The funky Middle-Easterners won't accept dirty sheep - having worked on a farm let me tell you the idea of a clean sheep is a myth.

Now that Ralph has been found not guilty everyone is free to add a handful or two of ham to the sheep feed. Pretty soon no live sheep export trade. Which is good for the sheep, but bad for the trade balance - if you care about that sort of thing. Okay, maybe it's not so good for the sheep because they still end up dead and miss out on an all-expenses paid cruise, and maybe it's also bad for the farmers (remember them?). So, I guess there's only one thing left to say:

does this roast lamb taste like ham to you?