If I may speak as both a lawyer and a kayaker and a former male teen-ager, that is exactly how to handle such an incident. Tom Joyce > > 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 . . . > *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Apr 14 2001 - 11:56:00 PDT
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