Just for the record, there's at least one person out here who finds this absolutely sound reasoning. Nicely put, Rick. (I, too, always wear my PFD, but I dislike the practice of some people of prosteletizing and preaching on the subject.) Mark > 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. *************************************************************************** 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 - 19:16:04 PDT
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