I apologise for my personal comments against Richard. This Makah whale hunt and the subsequent waste of taxpayer funds to police and enforce their controversial 'sovereign' initiative really infuriates me, and that anger sometimes translates into sharp, unwarranted keystrokes. The unconstitutionality of the exclusion zone is that it limits the rights of peaceful assembly in an area considered a national marine sanctuary. Figuratively, this would be similar (roughly) to the US marshalls closing off an area where the klan were holding a rally to prevent public opposition or visible protest -- I think it sets a bad precedent -- and one at our expense. Albeit, I'm glad this discussion is occurring (the one about exclusion zones impacting paddlers) it might soon be replayed elsewhere, and we should be thinking about the matter. Michael Kundu Project SeaWolf/Arcturus Adventure Communications "The Source for Extreme Adventuresports Photojournalism" respond to ProjectSeaWolf_at_seanet.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> The unconstitutionality of the exclusion zone is that it limits the rights > of peaceful assembly in an area considered a national marine sanctuary. Assembly is always limitable in terms of place and manner. 1500 foot distance for underway vessels is never going to be considered an unreasonable restriction on place and manner. > Figuratively, this would be similar (roughly) to the US marshalls closing > off an area where the klan were holding a rally to prevent public We do this all the time, its called "parade permits". They set distances that the parties have to stay away from each other that usually don't interfere to much with their individual purposes, while allowing the expression to continue. The president shows up, the protesters are hearded into a restricted area away from the scene, so the pres can have his photo op, and the people can still protest. Neither gets to prevent the other from doing their thing. Richard Walker Houston, TX *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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