Yeah, have to say I agree with colliewoman. You are just asking for trouble if you refuse to comply. None of us like eartags, but it is the law to have your animals identified. You will struggle to sell your stock if they are not properly identified, and even if you try and send them for slaughter to the abattoir, they need to be correctly tagged. You cannot sell pedigreed, registered stock, if you can't prove which animal is which- oh and having a collar a certain colour isn't an identification mark.
The more blasé you are about these things, the worse the impression you will make.
Sorry if I'm being harsh, you may just be joking- but it's coming over as being blasé rather than joking.
Beth