In a message dated 8/18/00 2:21:28 PM !!!First Boot!!!, sailboatrestorations_at_worldnet.att.net writes: << You are walking right past the float. All you have to do is kick the float in as you walk past, and the victim will survive. If you don't kick the float in, the victim will die. Do you have an obligation to kick the float in?" The answer, of course, was "no." Now, before everyone jumps on me -- I don't make these stupid rules. >> Spoken like a true lawyer. "Do you have an obligation to kick the float in?" Legal obligation, maybe not. Moral obligation, let's hope so. If you are trained to handle such emergencies, your "obligation" may be greater. Bruce McC WEO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> 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/ ***************************************************************************
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