How Much Responsibility...

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 08:24:37 -0600, "Wolfgang" wrote:


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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:03:46 -0600, George Cleveland
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does Orvis have in rectifying this situation?

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...383209,00.html


Some, none or the "trespasser" got off easy.


g.c.

Well, first, the story is obviously a hoax, because at least according to
some
here on ROFF, Colorado is the land of "public" land...

...but that said, "Orvis" has no responsibility because "Orvis" didn't
make the
laws. Now, if I were the ranch manager's boss, and the story is true as
written, the manager would be unemployed, and I'd attempt to intercede as
to the
points, but I'd feel no _obligation_. And that said, this just shows what
happens when idiots are allowed to make laws, and those objectively versed
in
the law aren't. OTOH, assuming the story is true as written, why was the
guy
even in court - as the story is written, something just doesn't sound,
well,
complete, story-wise.

Ah, at last an answer to the age old question, "What happens when you cross
a double-naught legal eagle with a double-naught philosopher?"!

O.k., let us, for the moment, assume that all of the above is something
other than yet another inadvertently humorous exercise in serial
self-immolation.......just because we can.

First, Orvis isn't LEGALLY responsible for anything......not because they
didn't write the law (hey, the Nurnberg defense is still passé, ainna?), but
because there isn't anything for them to be responsible FOR. Neither Orvis
nor any of its agents has been accused of doing anything illegal.

Whether or not Orvis bears any MORAL responsibility for what occurred in the
situation described is impossible to determine definitively without more
information. If, as the careful reader is left to suppose, this was an
incident notable for its rarity then Orvis has nothing to worry about. On
the other hand, if there is any real basis for Dentry's not so subtle
insinuation (which, as even the casual observer can hardly miss, is
undeniably the case) then Orvis has a lot to answer for.

See how simple these things are when viewed as something other than fuel for
yet another futile attempt at self-justification?

Wolfgang
still, the boy IS funny.


Hoo, boy...I guess it's my turn to have the (hand-tailored in the finest
material, of course) pants' cuff that ROFF's own rat terrier has decide to nip
at for a while...ah, well, sure, it's a slight annoyance until you realize that
it's all the yappy little critter has and it's just SO determined...ok, boy -
oops, wait, I didn't even look...my mistake...ok, girl, I'll play with you for a
few minutes...

Hmmm...I'd have thought that a careful reader would have been puzzled by things
in the STORY, such as how trespassing gets one 20 points, but if you manage to
poach an elk while doing so, it reduces it to 15, or how the game warden managed
to get there so quickly, if Pagliasotti had only managed 10 yards distance and
two casts, or perhaps how Dentry even knew about it all...

HTH,
Double-naught Dickie
....who has seen a fair share of Colorado land and water clearly marked...