Jerry

I didn't know that you could get a prescription for common sense! After reading some of the one-sided replies to this thread, apparently there is a bigger need for that prescription (common sense) then I had realized.

I am not supporting the bolt decision one way or the other. But I am supporting my own opinion that I, I, I, I (incase you don't "get it) that means me, believe that every person on this earth has a inherent natural right to fish…plain and simple! Its simply is not a "privilege".

For all of the "privilege" worshippers out there, long before we had any form of self government we fished! No license, no laws, no rules, we just fished! I suppose that the same people will also believe that was a "privilege" too. It's kind of like drinking alcohol (I'll use alcohol as an example, because it appears to be controlling some peoples logic) in some ways; way back before we had government, rules, or bureaucrats to control everything that we could possibly do, you could if you wanted to, drink all the alcohol that you wanted to, and that was your right to do that back then. It was not a "privilege" it was your right. But now days because of governmental rules, we can not drink all the alcohol that we want; because we will get arrested and get thrown into jail for being drunk in public. Well I guess you can still do that now, but now you will also pay a price for doing it… right? (money)

Regardless of what the "privilege" people attempt to make us believe, fishing is a "right" by virtue of the definition of what "right" means; "something that belongs to a person by law, nature, or tradition…like the right to free speech! Even though "free speech" is a right, it too has restrictions on what a person can say. So you can and have "rights" with restriction attached to them.

When will people finally get enough "common sense" to understand that bureaucrats will always use the word "privilege" instead of "right"! They can charge you for it being a "privilege" but they can not charge you if it's a "right'! Now you know why they want to keep calling your right to fish, a "privilege". It's all about money baby!

Finally, Jerry, I am probably not going to be changing the bureaucrats or the "trust me" members on this board that believe otherwise. But I do believe that a lot more people now have a much better understanding of what the difference really is between our "right" to fish, compared to your "privilege" to fish is... it's all about money baby!

Any clearer now Jerry or do I need to write you a prescription?

"You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink it"


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