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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 |
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GUYS you're wrong about me, you're claiming I said things which I never
did. I have said several times in this thread that I support experienced boaters (or anybody, I guess) being able to "test out" of the class requirement...so these last two posts about me or addressed to me are WRONG, I never said that people can't learn the basics without sitting in a classroom, or that people can take the initiative to learn things. I NEVER SAID "the govt. must rightfully to force everybody to sit in a classroom." NEver said it, never implied it, and I don't think that way. Got it, DSK?, your statements about me are innaccurate, incorrect and show (to use the old usenet saw) a lack of reading comprehension. All I said was the if somebody's learned it already, through experience or through their initiative (which in many cases would probably include taking a basics class anyway!) I don't mind the law asking them to demonstrate that by taking the cert test. Exactly like driving. The government does NOT say you have to take any particular education, YOU JUST HAVE TO PASS THE TEST to show that you know the basics, and I think power-boating should work the SAME WAY. Do you got it? richforman |
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