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Originally Posted by FishermanTim
If we're going to be comparing apples to oranges, let's also comparing them to watermelons too!
So poaching is like speeding, and should also be JUST LIKE selling military secrets to Russia, China and N Korea, RIGHT???
Sounds like a distraction ploy....start making absurd comparisons so the conversation gets sidetracked and loses its punch.
Wait, I can do the same thing by mentioning that these distraction tactics are generally used by fellow poachers and lawbreakers because they want to make their fellow "criminals" seem more "innocent".
I believe W Shakespeare is credited as writing: "Me think thou protest too much!"
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Nobody dislikes poachers more than someone who sells dead bass legally. If these guys were fishing before midnight that's breaking the law much like speeding is breaking the law. They weren't setting gill nets across Chesapeake Bay in the middle of the night. They weren't purse seining schools off the beach or running tub trawls or dragging them up.
Much like speeding is not drunk driving, should both illigal/ law breaking activities carry the same penalties?
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