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So these two kind, caring people rescued a deer from a freezing creek, and a game warden gives them a ticket for not wearing life vests:

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Where do we draw the line for stopping nanny-stateism?

And for the record, I do not wear a life vest when swimming/wading in lakes, rivers etc (or in a boat) but do when jet-skiiing or tubing.

They should have been given a ticket for saving a deer.

HI54UNI wrote:They should have been given a ticket for saving a deer.

While I might agree with that, the point is our country's overregulation and nanny state mentality. I am a strong believer that you cannot legislate stupidty or morality.

HI54UNI wrote:They should have been given a ticket for saving a deer.

“We seen the deer going under,” said Khalil Abusakran. “It couldn’t maintain. It was starting to freeze, and it was really getting bad.”

Hmmm. Guy has a funny sounding name with brown skin... probably a terrorist or an illegal.

Skjellyfetti wrote:

“We seen the deer going under,” said Khalil Abusakran. “It couldn’t maintain. It was starting to freeze, and it was really getting bad.”

Hmmm. Guy has a funny sounding name with brown skin... probably a terrorist or an illegal.

Or your next potential lay down at the bathhouse.

CID1990 wrote:

Skjellyfetti wrote:
Hmmm. Guy has a funny sounding name with brown skin... probably a terrorist or an illegal.

Or your next potential lay down at the bathhouse.

I guess we've been transported back to ancient Rome?

SuperHornet wrote:

CID1990 wrote:
Or your next potential lay down at the bathhouse.

I guess we've been transported back to ancient Rome?

Next time you are in San Jose, ask for directions to the Water Garden

dbackjon wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:
I guess we've been transported back to ancient Rome?

Next time you are in San Jose, ask for directions to the Water Garden

That sounds positively delicious!

Skjellyfetti wrote:

“We seen the deer going under,” said Khalil Abusakran. “It couldn’t maintain. It was starting to freeze, and it was really getting bad.”

Hmmm. Guy has a funny sounding name with brown skin... probably a terrorist or an illegal.

So why did they also give a ticket to Jim Hart...white guy w/o funny sounding name. You FAIL!!!

States are broke. You'll see instances of fines and regulatory audits increasing. They'll try to get money any way they can.

ATrain wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:They should have been given a ticket for saving a deer.

While I might agree with that, the point is our country's overregulation and nanny state mentality. I am a strong believer that you cannot legislate stupidty or morality.

I agree with you. There is no good reason to save a deer. Ever.

UNHWildCats wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:They should have been given a ticket for saving a deer.

Hit one of those giant rats with your car sometime and then pay for the repairs out of your own pocket or look at the damage done to the crops around here and you would understand why I say that.

HI54UNI wrote:

ATrain wrote:
While I might agree with that, the point is our country's overregulation and nanny state mentality. I am a strong believer that you cannot legislate stupidty or morality.

I agree with you. There is no good reason to save a deer. Ever.

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men."

-St. Francis of Assisi

dbackjon wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:
I agree with you. There is no good reason to save a deer. Ever.

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men."

-St. Francis of Assisi

Not true. Men are not nearly as tasty as deer.

CID1990 wrote:

dbackjon wrote:

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men."

-St. Francis of Assisi

Not true. Men are not nearly as tasty as deer.

Depends on what you are eating

dbackjon wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:
I agree with you. There is no good reason to save a deer. Ever.

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men."

-St. Francis of Assisi

What if I take that deer and use it to feed my fellow man that is going hungry?

dbackjon wrote:

CID1990 wrote:
Not true. Men are not nearly as tasty as deer.

Depends on what you are eating

Umm, remind me never to accept a BJ from you.

HI54UNI wrote:

dbackjon wrote:

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men."

-St. Francis of Assisi

What if I take that deer and use it to feed my fellow man that is going hungry?

so letting a deer die a extended painful death just so it can be used to feed the hungry, that makes it ok?

UNHWildCats wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:
What if I take that deer and use it to feed my fellow man that is going hungry?

so letting a deer die a extended painful death just so it can be used to feed the hungry, that makes it ok?

Yes. Toughen up, Francis.

I'd like to see OSBF show some support for his fellow citation writer.

UNHWildCats wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:
What if I take that deer and use it to feed my fellow man that is going hungry?

so letting a deer die a extended painful death just so it can be used to feed the hungry, that makes it ok?

What if I see a deer being attacked by wolves? That would be a slow and painful death. Should I shoot the wolves so they can't kill the deer or should I shoot the deer so its death is not slow and painful?

UNHWildCats wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:
What if I take that deer and use it to feed my fellow man that is going hungry?

so letting a deer die a extended painful death just so it can be used to feed the hungry, that makes it ok?

No deer I ever shot died a slow, painful death.

ATrain wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:They should have been given a ticket for saving a deer.

While I might agree with that, the point is our country's overregulation and nanny state mentality. I am a strong believer that you cannot legislate stupidty or morality.

Agree with ya ATrain.

There is more to this story...
Turns out Maryland DNR and Baltimore couty police repeatedly told these two to stop. The boat was an inflatable raft with no life preservers. If these two had fallen into the water, a rescue would have put others at risk as well. That said, DNR is probably going to rip the tickets up.