Brad said: > need to be ticketed and fined big time No, please, a thousand times no.... Isn't kayaking about being a responsible adult ? Please, let's just educate people and promote responsible decision-making and let them go to perdition in their own independent way... If the problem is serious enough, spend the money to make sure everyone hears the message (and can't forget it). If the problem is not that serious - put up with the deaths as the price of free-will. If a paddler has not only one good roll, but 32 different rolls and chooses to wear a tuilik; who are we to tell her that - for her own good - she must be fined into wearing a $#!% dry-suit ? Do we not have too many folk telling us what is safe for us to do ? Telling us is one thing, often it's useful; but fining us for not obeying - when we choose to disagree - is something we already have way too much of. Brad - tell me you wouldn't put Homeland Security in charge of it ;-) Best Regards Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Feb 02 2011 - 02:59:04 PST
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