Kersten,
I take it you are directing the following towards me?
"While it's true that an elapid handler would have a better idea of what an elapid would do; logic dictates that having intensive first hand experience of a particular action is not necessary in order to understand enough of the consequences of that action to form an opinion of it's safety. "
I never said in either of my posts on the subject that if you don't keep/kept/work with elapids that cannot form a relevant opinion towards the subject at hand.
However, the trend on forums is give either "advice" or make comments hidden behind an alias, since this is the case with most people who comment, how as people can we give weight to or to take the opinion propsed seriously if that they are not willing to put their own name behind their comments. The comment I made I stand by, I would be surprised if more than half whom have voted in this pole actually have first hand experience with elapids.
I am not saying that the people without elapid exp cannot make informed decisions on the subject at hand, however I would think that it would relevant to note this in their post.
Cheers,
Scott