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Green Light · 04-21-2008, 07:46 PM

Planter, in which state did you catch this 24" short?
My brain is running on fumes right now, but in ME, this would be considered a "slot fish"...correct?

On Morality vs Law...this is goes alway back to Socrates and the infamous hemlock cocktail. Law aims to keep civil order. Ethics aims towards that which is good. Therefore, law and ethics are most often at odds because their aims are different. Sorry...I just had a flash back to an ethics class I took many moons ago.

Dead schoolie in the ocean = fish food.
Dead schoolie in your bucket = legal fine or arrest (even if you are morally correct)

My $0.02

04-21-2008, 07:46 PM	#8
Green Light Work hard. Fish harder. iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 764	Planter, in which state did you catch this 24" short? My brain is running on fumes right now, but in ME, this would be considered a "slot fish"...correct? On Morality vs Law...this is goes alway back to Socrates and the infamous hemlock cocktail. Law aims to keep civil order. Ethics aims towards that which is good. Therefore, law and ethics are most often at odds because their aims are different. Sorry...I just had a flash back to an ethics class I took many moons ago. Dead schoolie in the ocean = fish food. Dead schoolie in your bucket = legal fine or arrest (even if you are morally correct) My $0.02 Last edited by Green Light; 04-21-2008 at 08:13 PM..