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- From: griffenj@ssd.intel.com (Jeff Griffen)
- Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, Individual Responsibility
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- References: <1992Dec22.193439.13575@eskimo.com> <1992Dec23.011757.5410@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:56:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.011757.5410@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>, scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn) writes:
- |> alpinist@eskimo.com (David Butler) writes:
- |> : Since I am a hiker I have to respond to the idiocy of bringing the
- |> : backcountry into this thread. I guess it is a perfect example of the
- |> : stupidity of hysteria behind these protecting people for their own
- |> : good or cost of society laws.
- |>
- |> That is what I was trying to bring up. If you think that is idiocy, then
- |> that is your choice. Being a member of a mountain rescue group, I am well
- |> aware of the hysteria. That's why I brought it up.
- |>
- |> : And besides didn't they pass a law that people needing rescue do have
- |> : to pay for it? I know that such a law was in serious consideration a
- |> : few years back.
- |>
- |> Not in Oregon, and I don't believe so in WA, either.
- |>
- |> Scott Linn
- |> scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com
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- In Oregon general aviation pilots pay a user fee that is supposed to go towards
- search and rescue operations, but I don't know how much of the cost this covers.
-
- - jeff
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