On May 31, 5:54�pm, "RCE" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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I find the concept of placing a transponder on my boat so that the
government can keep track of where I go and when a gross violation of
privacy as well as an insult. Screw 'em if they try, and regardless of
whichever gang of thieves is in office at that moment. :-)

Many newer automobiles and trucks have GPS devices that transmit your
location, speed, etc. to whoever is interested and can receive the data.

Freedom and equal opportunity with personal assumption of responsibility are
rights well worth protecting and improving upon. *An equal rights welfare
state simply because you exist is not because in the end freedom is lost and
opportunity is determined and controlled by those with power.

Eisboch

We probably agree quite a bit here. Nobody should be the beneficiary
of government largesse or fed from a public trough due solely to an
accident of birth or station in life, whether it be high or low.

That's why boating makes so darn much sense in life. You're more the
master of your own fate than in most other pursuits.

On Thu, 31 May 2007 17:32:21 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:
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With all due respect, John, that's because you use a highly biased
definition of "liberal". Not your fault, you're simply repeating
something you hear all day every day.


Sorry, Chuck. I guess you couldn't see my tongue buried in my cheek. :)

I don't like the idea of transponders in boats either. But, I didn't like
the idea of recorders in my car telling anyone exactly how I've driven for
the last 15000 miles either.

I think the ones coming up with this idea are the same foolish idiots
wanting to inspect every container after it's unloaded in a port. Once
there, it's too late. Once a boat filled with explosives is under a bridge
or alongside a cruise ship, or anchored close to a refinery, it's too late.