Mys Terry wrote:
On 5 Apr 2006 11:30:04 -0500, Dave wrote:
On 5 Apr 2006 08:22:05 -0700, said:
So indeed you had the ability to be exempted from the training
requirement by demonstrating you already knew the basics! (Weren't put
through the "burden" of having to take the course, you chose to
yourself because it seemed like the less inconvenient of the options.)
So I'm not sure what, if anything, you are complaining about at this
point.
I figure the opportunity costs to me of sitting unproductively through those
8 hours was in the thousands, as the costs of taking a day off to take the
test would have been.
Right, I get it exactly. You're not really that concerned with ideas
about the extent to which government should rightfully regulate
boating, except to the extent that it personally inconveniences you.
The right solution I guess, according to you (this is what your post
sounds like) would be for the government to break down the financial
cost of "sitting unproductively through those 8 hours" on an individual
case-by-case basis and if the figure is above a certain threshold, the
person is exempt from the rule about having to demonstrate that they
know boating safety basics.
richforman