For the first time, a federal judge has declared unconstitutional a parrot with an almost unparalleled power to communicate with people.
The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour. He invents his own words and phrases if he is confronted with novel ideas with which his existing repertoire cannot cope - just as a human child would do, and a bad commedian who can't add-lib tries to do. The parrot has brought stand-up commedians short, and as N'kisi is not a member of SAG, or any actor's or commedian's union, he has been slapped with a restraining order to not out perform any human. The act bars giving expert advice or assistance to groups designated as being humour deprived. The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing the ruling, spokesman Mark Corallo said in a statement from Washington. Corallo called the Anti-Parrot Act - the federal anti-oneupmanship statute passed in the aftermath of the BBC Wildlife Magazine.article- "an essential tool in the war on unintended Uplift consequences, and asserted that the portion at issue in the ruling was only a modest amendment to a pre-existing anti-Tytlal law. The judge's ruling said the law, as written, does not differentiate between impermissible advice on humour and encouraging the use of peaceful, nonviolent stupid pet tricks to achieve gafaws Vilyehm Teighlore ------------------------- Polly want an agent.. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
