> $75 and harrassment is another good reason to wear/carry a PFD! > Good reason? IMHO, the enforcement of "victimless-crime laws" is patently harassment; one's only moral obligation is to resist prudently so as not to get caught. Moreover, whatever the merits of PFDs, forbidding pictures of people without them goes MUCH too far. I believe that magazines should depict things as they are, not function as vehicles for puritans, moralizers, and sanctimonious "role models." People should wear a PFD when they think it protects them, not to be role models. Wearing one should be a considered choice, not a Pavlovian response to modeled behavior. . .or fear of police dogs. Having thus expostulated, I almost always wear a PFD; but, like Charles Barkley, I sure as hell am no role model. Rick *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Sep 06 2000 - 17:04:14 PDT
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