"Bob" wrote in message
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On Apr 22, 4:01 am, wrote:

A baseball bat is not a "deadly weapon" until you swing it at someone's
head.


This is the problem using analogies as support in an argument. They
usually don’t work cause some one like me can use another analogy to
refute the Baseball analogy. For example,

Just because I have a screw diver and a crescent wrench in my pocket
doesn’t mean I am a burglar yet..... a cop can stop me and arrest my
ass for “possession of burglar tools.” BTW this happened to me when I
was 18 yo after working on a friends boat. I stuck the screwdriver and
crescent wrench in my hip pocket walked home at 9 PM and got stopped
by a cop. The cop took me to the station and was going to charge me
with “possession of burglar tools.” Who is right?

Just because my engine is running and NOT engaged does that mean im
NOT propelled by machinery? Does that mean when a motor vessel shuts
down the engines that makes it NOT a motor vessel?

Man up and be a true conservative. I am Democrat and a true
conservative. When my motor is running for any reason on my sailboat I
consider my self propelled by machinery, act accordingly, and don’t
try to chicken **** the rules.
BOB


I suppose if the cops actually did arrest you, they would have to prove the
case. I know a guy who has "guilty" tattooed on the back of his head
ear-level, did it when he was young, had hair for a while, now doesn't. That
still doesn't prove anything. :-)

I agree with you though... I consider my boat to be a powerboat if my engine
is on, even though technically I'm not. It's not worth the hassle of trying
to prove it in court.


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