AND SO IT BEGINS

"Britain's first foxhunter prosecuted under a hunting ban has been found guilty of animal crueltya judge in the county of Devon, England. Professional huntsman Tony Wright was fined $1,000 and ordered to pay $500 of the $134,000 in legal expenses the League Against Cruel Sports incurred, London's Telegraph reports."

It's a slippery slope - theory anyway - and one down which our culture truly needs to be slipping.