In a message dated 10/24/00 7:31:30 AM !!!First Boot!!!, revkayak_at_ptialaska.net writes: << Seems my orginal post on whales has resulted in considerable discussion on the ethics of observing whale and other wildlife. >> snip <<However I observe the following personal ethics in watching wildlife.>> It would appear to me that you are suggesting that "ethics" are flexible. Hey, that works for me. That's what I'll teach my kids. "Well, yes son, the sign says do not remove artifacts. But, they mean other people. Not us, we are the good guys." I mean after all, if I teach them to obey the rules then the people who don't obey the rules will walk all over them. Amen, Rev Bob. Weather is cooling down here in Florida and it will soon be "Manatee Harassment Season." Thousands of people will flock to the winter "resting" areas. Each one determined to share the magic of the Manatee. Each one certain that the MMPA applies to the other somehow less deserving guy. It is easy to be ethical when ethics are tailored to fit desire. Ethics have found a place on the shelf between the Mason jar of morals and the "heat and eat" can of convictions. My brother once said, jokingly, " I don't regret anything that I've done, just the things that I got caught at." 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 24 2000 - 04:01:34 PDT
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