Re: Dumb & Dumber
And to the ones that are crying bout tax dollars being used up thats exactly why we pay them.
No, it isn't why we pay tax dollars. We pay tax dollars to have a safety net for people who have made prudent decisions, but have fallen victim to a situation that could have reasonably thought not to be a safety factor. The ones that do dumb things, like driving their snowmobiles out onto ice sheets that are obviously breaking up, waste those tax dollars to the detriment of everyone else.
We also don't have local police departments and park rangers, to play the role of mommy and daddy to a bunch of adults, who don't have enough sense to avoid a situation that is clearly dangerous.
Most of all, we don't have rescue agencies like the USCG, so we can risk the lives of their personnel, while retrieving foolish people from obviously avoidable situations. You may not think that conducting rescues is dangerous business, but there are a few of us here at the iboats forums, who have actually done them numerous times and can tell you that it is. In fact, even the things that we did in training and everyday operations, were often dangerous.
While we understand that you are just expressing an opinion, don't forget to consider all aspects of a situation. Its important.
