Although I tend to see both sides of an issue, this one seems clear cut to me. If there is no LEGAL REQUIREMENT to give the information to the Lake Hosts or whomever, then there is no legal requirement. The private party is under no obligation to defend him/herself to anyone including this Forum. Is this not the same as the RIGHT to take the fifth amendment? The argument is that "you must have something to hide" if you refuse to give information you are not required to do. But the beauty of our country and its laws is that if you are not legally required to give information you do not have to. The fact that someone puts this on a public Forum such as this does not take away from his/her RIGHT to privacy at the docks, unless there is some legal point I am missing in this specific instance.
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