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Bill to ban "teak surfing" introduced in WA State
wrote in message ups.com... Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On 25 Jan 2006 19:16:40 -0800, wrote: Senator Pam Roach has sponsored Senate Bill 6364 to ban "teak surfing". She was prompted by one of her constituent organizations, the East Pierce County Fire and Rescue. This agency had dealt with two tragic deaths on Lake Tapps due to teak surfing. oh for petes sake - another do-gooder who wants to save people from themselves. do they seriously think a law is going to stop this type of activity? ill bet there is a fine attached to this - just another revenue raiser for the state. another useless piece of legislation. Actually, not just "another piece of useless legislation" designed to generate fines. Right now, if a cop sees some 16 year old kid running a boat while some 14 or 15 year old is teak surfing, about all the cop can do is pull them over and give them a lecture about safety. Of course once the cop is out of sight, the allure of teak surfing is immediately tripled, because not only is it some sort of fun, but now it's also borderline dangerous *and* it ****es off the cops. If there's a law, the cops can go as far as arresting the operator, if need be, to see that the teak surfing stops. There's a difference between being mentally defective ("should be removed from the gene pool") and uninformed. A lot of teak surfers are probably kids who don't ordinarily spend a lot of time around boats, and when "all" their friends are doing it they just assume it's a normal activity. Here's hoping you never answer a knock on your door to learn that a kid or a grandkid was killed while doing something others would consider "stupid". My bet is that the last thought to cross your mind would be, "Oh, well. If they were that stupid they didn't deserve to live in the first place and it's a good thing they died before they could reproduce." We're talking actual lives here, not some abstract talk show platitude. Very well said. Also it is going to protect the marine industry from bounty hunter lawsuits. If you are breaking the law, will be harder to collect for the persons stupidity or ignorance. |
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