How much insurance will boat people have, for instance?
In the case of those dangerously overloaded boats full of illegal immigrants, I would think that the individual people shouldn’t be charged for rescue but the people who operate the boats should have the book thrown at them. They’re the ones who are putting those people in danger and so if they get hit with massive fines I’d be fine with that. The people on board as passengers weren’t responsible.
I wouldn’t want there to be charges for “normal” rescue operations, such as if you go out in an otherwise sound boat and through simple misadventure it ends up sinking. Nobody did anything wrong in a situation like that.
In the case of those dangerously overloaded boats full of illegal immigrants, I would think that the individual people shouldn’t be charged for rescue but the people who operate the boats should have the book thrown at them. They’re the ones who are putting those people in danger and so if they get hit with massive fines I’d be fine with that. The people on board as passengers weren’t responsible.
I wouldn’t want there to be charges for “normal” rescue operations, such as if you go out in an otherwise sound boat and through simple misadventure it ends up sinking. Nobody did anything wrong in a situation like that.