One way or the other

[ApS]

Originally Posted by hazelnut

"...Well USUALLY the conservative viewpoint would be one of personal responsibility and less government intrusion in our every day lives..."

1) In this case, "the intrusion" isn't Government: It's those 4½-tons of velocity multiplied by mass that can't be called back.

2) In this case, "personal responsibility" lies with the kayakers, skiers, tubers, swimmers, inflatables, canoes and rowboats—who, in their everyday lives, would be required to "make themselves visible" or get out of the way.

Originally Posted by hazelnut

"...The liberal viewpoint would be the way the state has been trending lately where they legislate to protect us from ourselves.

Yup. Bring back those grand old days of cigar smoking on commercial travel and in restaurants. Not to mention the good old days when we didn't have to "buckle up" and were able to spew that heady mixture of hydrocarbons and tetraethyl lead from our exhaust pipes.

(And those dizzying days before BWI).

Now them's wuz sum good ole days!