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Originally Posted by jrc
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If we want to live in a free society were people can make their own decisions about their own safety, then we have to live with the fact that some people will make the wrong decisions. Obviously we should educate people when we can but what else can we do?
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I agree with this statement, unfortunately where I begin to stumble is when you consider that should a boat run over one of these people making their own decisions the legal system invariably will place 100% of the blame on the boat operator. That's troublesome for me, not so much on a clear calm day where the blame would be the boat operator's, but on days such as Maxum describes, with a chop substantial enough to obscure the paddler most of the time, (which happens much more than you would think on the lake) that's an issue without an easy answer.