On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 10:41:27AM -0400, Michael R Noyes wrote: > The Jetski industry is at the same point now that the snowmobile > industry was at 20 years ago. They were forced by public opinion at the > time to clean up their act, and did so for the most part without > excessive regulation. The jetski industry (and its clients) have demonstrated that they will only clean up their act if they are *forced* to. Which is precisely what will now happen. I suppose it's too much to hope for to have them banned entirely, but I'll certainly support any regulations, no matter how draconian. It's no less than what they deserve, given their history. > The snowmobile industry is now one of the most > respected power recreation groups in North America. Respected *by whom*? As someone who travels the backcountry during the winter from time to time, *I* certainly don't "respect" them. ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec rsk_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jul 19 1998 - 05:06:20 PDT
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