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Fear is a terrible thing.

incredible just many different things people can find to be afraid of on the
water, when in fact they are afraid their skills won't meet the need when the
time comes. Frightened people should stay tied to the dock, a metal Faraday
cage surrounding they boat, while they wear Type I PFD's and tethered to cleats
and wearing DOT approved, full coverage helmets, three EPIRBs at the ready.
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Default Fear is ... Homeland security

Hasn't everyone heard the threat warning from the Home security
Department on terrorists unleashing floating explosives?

How much of our tax money are these idiots spending on this stuff? Why
aren't our conservative friends screaming? Obviously these bureaucrats
have too much time and money to spend.

Let me explain the obvious: if the explosives were in a shipping
container, the terrorists would know they might blow up something,
floating explosives would be a lot of trouble, and almost all would be
ignored until they were damaged by water. What would they blow up? A
water skier?

Most would either sink or wind up buried in sand at Scammon's Lagoon
with all the rest of the floating pop bottles.

The only possible explanation is to throw out some (baseless) fear.
Why? To keep us all frightened of the "enemy". Gee, haven't we seen
this before? It works because we don't think closely about the real
issues. Are we really this gullible?

Shouldn't we put a stop to this foolishness?
Jim

JAXAshby wrote:

Fear is a terrible thing.

incredible just many different things people can find to be afraid of on the
water, when in fact they are afraid their skills won't meet the need when the
time comes. Frightened people should stay tied to the dock, a metal Faraday
cage surrounding they boat, while they wear Type I PFD's and tethered to cleats
and wearing DOT approved, full coverage helmets, three EPIRBs at the ready.


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