Re: Questions : Kayaking with Boats present

John Weiss wrote:
> "Rick Cortese" <ricortes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote...
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> In context, there is a serious flaw in your "duty to retreat" argument: 
A 
> kayaker is ABSOLUTELY UNABLE to "retreat" from a powerboat!  All he can
do is 
> insignificantly reduce the closure speed by turning away, at a
significant 
> disadvantage in visibility and collision aspect.

While I agree with you in spirit and fact...

One of our local assistant D.A.s tried to prosecute someone for being 
under the influence of Prozac while driving. Same guy prosecuted my 
older son for trespassing even when told it was actually my younger 
underage son who did the act. Thing is, the younger son had the older 
son's I.D. and showed it to a Deputy so the D.A. figured it would be 
easier to get a guilty verdict against the older son even though the 
Deputy also said he wasn't the guy.

Then there is the rumored motto of the prosecutors in Texas "Anyone can 
convict a guilty person but it takes a real lawyer to convict an 
innocent man!"

I just drift/mention this because laws are deliberately ambiguous to the 
point where you can get your ~$10,000 legal fees punishment to prove you 
are innocent for fighting the system like my older son did. I've 
actually been taunted with the fact they will use their unlimited 
resources to try and bankrupt you with legal fees.

If I had a nickel for every time I was told by some liar with under the 
tint of authority "We well see who they will believe" I could get a nice 
cup of coffee at Starbucks.

It could be the mayor's, D.A.s son, or one of the Kennedys in that speed 
boat. Remember in the Clearlake crash the guy at the tiller of the 
sailboat was the only person charged. The official theory was, despite 
eye witness accounts to the contrary, he was running w/o lights and 
therefore invisible to the Deputy. Too many examples to list, Duke rugby 
ring a bell?

I don't like or endorse the situation of course. I just ack that it is 
the current state of affairs. You just have to hope you get a good jury 
to nullify some of the crap that goes on.

Rick