It seems to me that we are overcomplicating things with this shotgun approach to safety. I believe it would be much simpler and less expensive to simply ban death. Think of all the lives we'd save. Death costs the US and Canadian economies billions of dollars each year in lost productivity alone. The mechanics of this would not be complicated: anyone who dies would be arrested immediately and fined or imprisoned (especially if it's a repeat offense). This simple expedient would at one fell swoop eliminate the FAA, the NTSB, multiple police agencies, and the USCG. Of course, the funeral industry would be expected to lobby against this but the obvious good that will come from a law against dying will silence all critics. Where this would leave us vis-a-vis the war in Iraq is unclear but I believe it would pull the teeth from terrrorism the world over. While we're at it we should pass a law against stupidity. Of coruse, the people passing these laws would be the first to go. Craig Jungers Royal City, WA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Craig Jungers wrote: > The mechanics of this would not be complicated: anyone who dies would be > arrested immediately and fined or imprisoned (especially if it's a repeat > offense). This will drastically increase overcrowding in prisons. Just throw them in a hole in the ground, I say! Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
If the three strikes rule is applied they could only be arrested and imprisoned after dieing the third time. Gordin At 02:14 PM 10/13/06, Michael Daly wrote: >Craig Jungers wrote: > >>The mechanics of this would not be complicated: anyone who dies would be >>arrested immediately and fined or imprisoned (especially if it's a repeat >>offense). > >This will drastically increase overcrowding in prisons. Just throw >them in a hole in the ground, I say! *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I'm forwarding this to the Department of Redundancy Department for their appraisal. Bradford R. Crain Department of Mathematics and Statistics Portland State University 724 SW Harrison St. 334 Neuberger Hall Portland, Or. 97201 e-mail: crainb_at_pdx.edu phone: 503-725-3127 fax: 503-725-3661 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Jungers" <crjungers_at_gmail.com> > The mechanics of this would not be complicated: anyone who dies would be > arrested immediately and fined or imprisoned (especially if it's a repeat > offense). *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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