At 08:01 PM 4/13/01 -0400, Ellis Andersen wrote: > >The moral of the story is, rather than go packing heat, consider your >fellow human being, whether the mosquito or the fellow kayaker, with >respect. When we can hold the "upper hand" we can be in the right. >Perhaps, we can even defuse an a**hole bent on our peril without putting >him at peril. Therein would be my challenge to the kayaking community. The thing of it is as the incident turned out, we came out of it with the "moral high ground". I mean, who looks like the bully, and who looks like they can keep their temper and do the right thing? Violence would have been easy, especially after we located the punk the second time. But there's an advantage to maturity, and biding our time. We can now use nastier weapons: lawyers . . . -- Wes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Boyd's Kayak Place http://www2.dmci.net/wesboyd/kayak.htm Kayaks for Big Guys (And Gals) | Trip Reports | Places To Go | Boats & Gear --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 13 2001 - 21:27:50 PDT
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