At 03:39 PM 7/29/98 +0000, you wrote: >Michael Kundu wrote: >> Citizens must retain their constitutional rights to witness, document or >> protest such a hunt at their own risk. Please inform your regional network >> of activists, marine trade or recreational associations, commercial >> boating/fishing and marine commerce businesses, whale-watching or anyone >> you know that can respond to this notice. > >Uhhh, pardon me, but no one has the right to interfere with, or >harass hunters during a legal hunt. Many states have laws making >such behavior a criminal act, punishable by stiff fines and/or >jail time. If the hunt is legal, and Joe Schmoe interferes with >or harasses the hunters, then Joe Schmoe needs to be arrested >and fined and have his vessel confiscated. > Perhaps that is what "at their own risk" refers to. We all have the option, perhaps even the right, to violate the law at the risk of suffering the penalty. Besides, the words harass and interfere were not used. The Russian whaling fleet had boats with steam outlets that could be used to cover the deck with a steam cloud to prevent planes from checking their catch. It turns out that they took many more whales than anyone knew at the time. The point is that if someone can perform without a witness they are less likely to do the right thing. Both sides of this issue, like any other, have rights proscribed by existing law. Specialty laws that would apply to only one party or in such a specific case are, in IMHO, clearly political or driven by special interests. Bob Tellefson http://www.zooid.com/sbpaddle *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jul 29 1998 - 16:32:19 PDT
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