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Originally Posted by Copper Collar
I'm going to have to disagree. With freedom comes responsibility, people shouldn't be forced by the government to have these devices. If you are intelligent enough to use these things to protect yourself, pat yourself on the back. Pretty simple IMO.
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Copper, you are correct. Even us knucklehead "Liber-Terry-ians "have them on the most utilitarian Seacraft in existance. Note the non-skid dash!
This has turned into a very sad situation.
However, the only reason most of us are here typing comments today is because we survived the "Don't tell mom", the "Double dog dares", the "You'er not chicken?" and the "Let's go for it" long enough to get through puberty. Mother Ocean has swallowed up many a mariner from cabin boys to admirals, since man decided to go down to the sea. Over the years, we just survived long enough to developed scar tissue and stored away some "well, that hurt" or "crap, that was a close one" in our memory banks for future referance. Sometimes, what starts out as "fun" ends up as 'trouble'. We have all have been there and you know what I'm saying. Eventually you begin to understand that life is quite fragile, particularily when you bury some of your friends.
May God bless and hold these two young souls in his grace.