04-05-2006, 10:12 PM
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dest part of this this thread for me is the Schadenfreude that most of you display about this.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, Schadenfreude is a German word meaning “to find happiness at the misfortune of others”
You all are sooooooooooo happy that these guys are going to receive thousands of dollars worth of fines and have their drivers licenses suspended for six months.
Why ???
Troll asked the right question - “Were they poaching or just puffing ?”
If they weren’t poaching then how were they hurting you ?
Sorry, but “a crime is a crime” just doesn’t fly with me. How is two guys smoking a joint while fishing by themselves on the shore of a lake equivalent to burglary or theft ? The law does'nt see it that way, thats why there are different punishments for murder than for jaywalking.
I couldn’t care less if somebody smokes dope while they're out fishing and it’s a to think that apparently some of the boats around me are spotting scope, or internet camera watching, tattle-tailing little snitches…
And as far as the safety aspect on the roads afterward. I would much rather be driving behind the guy that smoked a joint than behind the guy that swilled a 12 pack while out fishing… Which I KNOW FOR A FACT is a routine practice for many of the posters on this board.
But alas…
Hypocrisy coming from a bunch of uppity, righteous, holier than thou Utahans…
I think I might just keel over and die from LACK of surprise…
Of course that’s just my opinion… I could be wrong.[/size]
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dest part of this this thread for me is the Schadenfreude that most of you display about this. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, Schadenfreude is a German word meaning “to find happiness at the misfortune of others”
You all are sooooooooooo happy that these guys are going to receive thousands of dollars worth of fines and have their drivers licenses suspended for six months.
Why ???
Troll asked the right question - “Were they poaching or just puffing ?”
If they weren’t poaching then how were they hurting you ?
Sorry, but “a crime is a crime” just doesn’t fly with me. How is two guys smoking a joint while fishing by themselves on the shore of a lake equivalent to burglary or theft ? The law does'nt see it that way, thats why there are different punishments for murder than for jaywalking.
I couldn’t care less if somebody smokes dope while they're out fishing and it’s a
to think that apparently some of the boats around me are spotting scope, or internet camera watching, tattle-tailing little snitches… And as far as the safety aspect on the roads afterward. I would much rather be driving behind the guy that smoked a joint than behind the guy that swilled a 12 pack while out fishing… Which I KNOW FOR A FACT is a routine practice for many of the posters on this board.
But alas…
Hypocrisy coming from a bunch of uppity, righteous, holier than thou Utahans…
I think I might just keel over and die from LACK of surprise…
Of course that’s just my opinion… I could be wrong.[/size]
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