~Alan~ wrote ... > ### Log Books? What the Hell is happening???
What is *happening* is people complaining here, bitterly, about the non-policing of bridge hoppers, the lack of policing of *those* people by BW, the proposed increases in the costs of boat licences and the fact that *those* people are, reportedly, blatantly lying about whether they are CC or have a permanent, or residential, berth. > We don't have jouney log books for cars. We don't have rstrictions on > quiet roads or areas - only where it's congested. We don't have differential costs of car licences either (yet!); nor, for that matter, do we have differential pricing on the road system - but both are likely to be coming, and both in the not too distant future either:-(( The former will be based on engines sizes (and exhaust pollution) the latter on 'where' you live and drive - the basic principles are not far different to BW's September proposals, IMHO .. add to this the 'anti-Chelsea-Tractor-Brigade' (and recent proposals to make them pay even more taxes) and you begin to appreciate that 'life on the road' is becoming much more complex. > We don't want more beauocracy on the canals - WE WANT LESS - That's > why we choose the canals. But is this the *only* reason for choosing life on the canals - or is it just 'your' (principle) one? There is going to be *much* more legislation against the UK citizen in the future, this is a basic fact of life and always will be so - at least until *the revolution* comes (or the mice finally admit that it is they who are *really* running the show) .. LOL! > Let everyone that wants beauocracy return to industry, law and large > companies and leave the canals to a quiet meandering sort of life, > without hassle and, stress etc.. By this do you mean to imply us all going back to a life where *everybody* is allowed to do their *own thing* - and blow the rest of the community?? Whilst I agree with you that is a *good thing* - at least in theory - for it to work successfully it does require *everybody* to have a decent (its hard thing to define 'decent' because so much depends on where you are in life!), and responsible, social conscience. Without wanting to get too deep into modern politics, history shows the more responsible society was, i.e. the greater the social conscience, the lower was the requirement for rules and, subsequently, when 'rules' were not sufficient, Laws - which, of themselves, infer some form of community retribution heaped upon those who failed to comply with the original rules. With people being people, and all being different in their own ways (with a fair proportion of them invariably seeking 'an edge' over their fellows - whether we approve of that principle or not), I fail to appreciate just how we can have both total personal freedom *and* compliance with the demands placed upon us by the rest of the community. I'm more than willing to be *persuaded* on this matter (rather than be *cudgelled* by a great multitude of incoming paddle handles, that is ... LOL) Regards, Trevor
