In a message dated 10/24/00 5:06:40 PM !!!First Boot!!!, revkayak_at_ptialaska.net writes: << I am saying that ethics are situational....as in the example of the kayaker who approached the whale (illegal according to the marine law) to see if the whale was in trouble, which it was. had he strickly obeyed the law the young humpback may have perished. >> This would fall under matters of extenuation and mitigation wouldn't it. Neither of the first two posts described an injured animal. I still fail to see the link to explaining why I should be excused from the law simply because I choose not to comply. <<Also sometimes the law is immoral such as the segregation laws in our country in the 50's and sixties. Opposing those laws was ethical.>> Are you trying to imply that the MMPA is immoral? 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 - 10:57:03 PDT
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