Dave Hall wrote:

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:35:21 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:


Ahh, but there's a difference. If you think my opinions represent
obnoxious behavior, you can filter me out or not read them, eh? But when
assholes like you drive by in their unmuffled penis boats, one cannot
filter you out. Your obnoxious behavior is right there...

You can always leave if it bothers you so much. It must really suck
being someone who is so sensitive to others activities to the point
that you would vocally oppose their right to enjoy life, because they
"bother" you.

Ahh, but this is the fallacy in your position. Folks enjoying peace and
quiet, and some asshole with a loud boat comes by and shatters it all.
And stays around. So...the folks who were enjoying the peace and quiet
are the ones who should leave.


So you want to get philosophical on me eh? Is quiet simply the absence
of noise? Or is noise simply the absence of quiet. Does someone's
right to enjoy the absence of noise supersede another's right to enjoy
the absence of quiet?

Dave


Yeah, it does. There is no practical reason for a penisboat to be a
disturber of the peace. Effective marine engine sound control systems
are readily available. When we lived on the ICW in Florida, I reported a
number of noise-offending boats to the County authorities and on several
occasions, they chased down the obnoxious idiots and gave them a
citation for violation of noise-control laws. Perhaps we need to work on
such regs for Maryland.

--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002