Some on this forum have trouble comprehending why and how a society makes and chooses laws. Laws come and go depending on the wants and needs or our people. As was mentioned in the past, we no longer need a law that says it's illegal to feed your slaves lobster more than 3 times in a week. There are laws on the books about neighbor's dogs barking into the night. Some on this thread would say just put in ear plugs or move. There are laws againnst dogs defecating in the park. People who use the park find this practice objectionable and want people to pick up after their dogs or walk them elsewhere. Some on this thread would say if you find dog poo objectionable then just stay away from parks. If it were just one or 2 dogs people might not notice or care.
Quite frankly the noise issue was one of the issues that helped usher in another law that those on this thread seem to dislike. Yet it was people whose reaction was similar to that displayed here, thumbing their noses at what annoyed or frightened others, who are responsible. Now we have the noise issue. Most people in NH are concerned and aware that we share limited space and do their best to be good neighbors. Others thumb their nose or chant the live free or die slogan. Excaliber mentioned the greatest generation of spoiled brats. Erica Blizzard, the former leader of your cause, seemed unconcerned about some of the above issues. From her shoplifting charge, to her outrageous boating escapade, and on to her cell phone/ 80 MPH plus I-93 incident, she seemed to think laws or other people's opinions of her behavior did not matter. I see this spoiled brat aspect in some of the noise postings here.
Again, it was noise that brought us here to present and possibly future legislation. As an example, many are distressed about noise and speeds even of 45 MPH in narrow or congested areas of the lake like Winter Harbor or Wolfeboro Bay. I can hear some of this thread's respondants already saying "tough", "live free or die", etc. but when you get enough people ticked off at the behavior of a few bad apples, that's when people want to do something about it. As far as the boat in question on Sat. night, it's the kind of annoyance where people on their docks up and down the shore make the palms up gesture of "what the heck is this". Maybe the exhaust is legal, maybe not, but when you get enough people irritated like that they will be demanding stricter decibel limits or slower speeds. That's just the way it is, was, and always will be. And be careful of BUI, because speeding (or excessive noise) could be cause to be pulled over.
So...bottom line, whether you're talking dog poo or GFBL's, police yourselves or others will do it for you.
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