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Originally Posted by Doublerunner
bloocrab if your father hit you to punish you as a child does that make it okay for you to do the same? Look I know the point you are trying to make. But it is you that is not looking at this from any other viewpoint than your own needs/wants. The fishery is more important than any individuals desires/needs/wants
If the stock were strong and vital....like before the moratorium years then that is a different story. But there is a serious issue with the stock declining....for many reasons. And so we all should do our part to conserve and preserve before it is all gone or we get a moratorium again
More than likely your father lived through the moratorium years and survived without taking any stripers during that time. Do we really need to repeat our past mistakes?
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99.9% of the time, that my father hit me, I deserved it. Does the 0.1% justify that he never should have? I don't think so. I wasn't disciplined abusively, physically yes...but not abusively (there's a difference). In real-time, I think I'm an o.k. fella, some of the things learned by the belt weren't all that bad. Thick-headed people sometimes need pain in the deliverance of a message or lesson. In relation to your remarks, I guess you could say that the "pain" in my example would be another "moratorium", right?...I agree.
In saying that, I still think 1-2 fish per recreational fisherman is a fair number. (I am perfectly fine with 1fish@whateversize
) I never said that there wasn't a problem. Perhaps the thought of not being able to keep a striped-bass for the table bothers me, which is what I believe most C&R want. Therefore my thoughts on the matter remain the same....and yes, my father and I both lived through the moratorium years. I don't believe the problem is with the recreational side of this equation so why should I agree with accepting it's punishment?
