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Stopping by
I came back to look at the burned out ruins of my once favorite cyber bar
because someone emailed me to say that the arsonist had been exposed. Of course, I felt initial glee at the news but seeing a human face on this individual and learning what a truly pathetic and sad story it is makes me even more depressed than looking around at the wreckage. I think everyone's missed an essential point here. When you are on permanent parole, you do NOT go cruising. Remember the fellow who was posting here a couple years ago who had his summer of cruising with his son ruined? His son got busted for pot and the probation officer wouldn't let them leave town. We've all been speculating why the sock puppet never goes anywhere and the reason turns out to be even sadder than lack of courage, funds, or proper equipment. I don't imagine parole supervisors of life sentence sexual predators say, "Sure, sail off wherever you want and give me a call when you get there." The only positive aspect is that it appears to be a life he richly deserves, at least according to the judgment of his peers and the parole board. I feel the pathos of this because I have more things in common with this fellow than most cruisers. We are both people of modest means who own old and inexpensive boats. I plan to be living and cruising on mine when I am a very old man and I often think about what will happen to me if medical condition or other circumstances prevent me from heading out over the horizon. There but for the grace of God and all that. In this case though, the poor wannabe spent all those years working on the boat hoping that his circumstances would change but with no real hope that they would. Owning a cruising boat seems like the essence of freedom but it isn't when the first Coast Guard boarding or customs clearance would result in your being zipped back to prison. It would be sort of like having a picture of a boat on the wall of your cell. So, he did his sailing in the bar and gradually became an Internet pest with a few shreds of credibility gleaned from books. I was eager to have him exposed and chased out of here but, now that the story is known, I wish we had just left him alone or accepted his ravings as amusing satire. Killfiles work too but the way this group has evolved over the past couple of years, mine pretty much just results in a blank screen. I've found a place where people talk about boats they actually own and stay on topic about real equipment and other issues. I'm glad I've moved on. -- Roger Long |
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