@cstross I wouldn't put it past him to actually believe his own bullshit though.
He'd be "Yes, it breaks a law, big deal, we have lots of lawyers", without actually knowing that no, lawyers can't argue against physics.

@sundogplanets @geckzilla One never knows.
If you read Gerald Durrell you might find here and there descriptions of things like Terrapins in a bathtub in a fancy hotel, with the manager's knowledge and consent... so why not goats?