What price a life? Well.. in this case.. $90.
TWO The rescuers, in an inflatable boat, were instructed to get off the waterway because they weren't wearing lifejackets - but they proceeded to smash the ice to give the deer a clear pathway out.
For their troubles, and not following instructions, they were fined $90 each.
Alright – let’s get the pun out the way first. Nobody could say the fine was… (wait for it..) dear. But it seems frivolous. Will it stop someone who is that way inclined? With the disproportionate amount of
A-@holes on this planet, do we really want to discourage good deeds? I mean – this may be foolhardy – but to risk one’s life for another animal – that’s the greatest gift of all. (Thanks Whitney.. you made that sound a lot more corny than it needed to be).
Oprah can give cars and holidays till the cows come home (Dam cows.. always out partying till all hours). But the quality of the gift lies in it’s intrinsic and embedded value, not only of the recipient but the giver. So if a bum walks up to you and offers you a dollar – that’s worth more than Richard Branson smacking you in the face with $100 just so you’ll stop trying to clean his windscreen with a dirty rag.
Speaking of deer, my good friend is a hunter. Not sure I understand the hunt’ when your talking about an animal the size of a horse, which doesn’t shoot back. Where’s the risk.. the sport.. the challenge? Crikey – even I can hit a horse for 100 yards. It may not be the right horse.. but I’ll take one of them out. But if I were that way inclined, I need my target to be small enough to be a challenge, and perhaps shooting back. Like those monkeys those Taliban trained in Take your stinking paws of me, you damned dirty ape! Guess he saw me coming. Anyway. If you see a dear caught in the ice.. be nice and pull it out. Unless it’s stuck in your bicardi and ice, in which case.. stir it with your swizzle stick.
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