> Spoken like a true lawyer. Hm. I assume that was just a joke and not intended as an insult. > "Do you have an obligation to kick the float in?" > Legal obligation, maybe not. Moral obligation, let's hope so. Law and morality are different things. I completely agree that the moral obligation is greater. I did not say that I would not "kick the float in." I certainly would. I was merely offering, for the benefit of folks here on PW, a small amount of information regarding the legal side of the scenario. There is, after all, a legal side, and it could be important. And BTW, it may be worth noting that one of the good things about the law -- and particularly about the law I was referring to -- is that it *does* leave moral decisions to each individual. I'd be very worried if it did not. Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Aug 18 2000 - 09:54:54 PDT
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