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Subject: RE: [world-cruising] New US regulations
From: Bob Taylor (bobt@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 13:53:07 EST
One of the things I like most about cruising is the freedom and
responsibility for one's self. I love to be in out of the way places and
enjoy the solitude. Seems very strange to me this concept of govt.
oversight providing a sense of safety.
Most of the dangerous situations I have encountered were of a nature that
the govt. could have done little for me. It takes them too long. I had to
do whatever right then or suffer the consequences.
On the contrary it seems to me to be a sort of catch 22. You think you are
safer with this oversight and you let down your guard. Then the feared
happens.
But then I am an American. We do have our own way about things.
Bob sv Adagio
-----Original Message-----
From: Jodie Holloway - M.U.M. [mailto:chamchela@XXX.XXX]
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 1:03 PM
To: world-cruising@XXX.XXX
Subject: Re: [world-cruising] New US regulations
Wow, that's amazing! I would feel very unsafe - at least here, if you
leave
Durban headed for PE and don't arrive at PE, someone starts checking on
your
safety. If we could just do whatever without telling anyone, I think we'd
lose a lot more lives. I don't think of it as losing my freedoms, or a
beaurocratic nuisance, or even as "Big Brother is Watching" - if I have
nothing to hide, why should I be worried? - I'd rather feel that my
country
is taking care of (a) my safety, and (b) its security - i.e. also my
safety - than worry about my freedoms and end up in trouble in a major
storm
with equipment failure, no way of reaching anyone, and no-one looking for
me. Like the girl who wrote "Red Sky at Night" - those situations really
do
happen. I'm happy to know my track is being watched and therefore my
safety
increased. :-))
Best
Jodie
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