On 3 Apr 2006 15:07:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

Do you have a problem with the principle of
saying people who drive boats while stone drunk should be prevented from
doing it again for some period of time?

Lock them up, nobody boats from the big house, existing law is
sufficient. Lack of a license will not stop BUI anymore than it stops
DWI. It will however create additional levels of enforcement,
taxation and harassment.

My point is a very simple concept: Keep the government away from
boating.

When I started boating as a kid marine police were virtually unheard
of, speed limits were almost unheard of, and if you got in trouble
through an act of carelessness or inexperience, that was just too
bad. Trust me, things were better then.

Meanwhile the PeeWC was invented, along with noisy go fasts. People
started to notice and say ain't it awful, there oughta be a law, etc.
The rest is history.