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The_Dunedan - there are a whole bunch of reasons why, the first of which is that they are trying to keep this plant from being hunted to extinction in the wild. If for no other reason, that should be good enough for you. Second, the government needs to be able to control plants that people bring into the country to control diseases among crop plants, health of other citizens, drug crops, etc. People that smuggle live plants and animals into this country do so at great risk to the general population since there's no control over any diseases, just to pick one particular issue. Remember the hoof-and-mouth outbreak in Europe a few years ago? That cost millions of dollars in prevention in this country alone.
There was a mechanism in place to import these plants "on his own dime", and Mr. Norris chose to circumvent that process. If you read the article posted by host, you'll see where this is plainly spelled out.
If you seriously believe the tripe you're spewing, you clearly haven't thought out the logical conclusions of your argument.
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