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	Name:	Feb -
	Subject:	WSMS - got it all wrong
	Date:	4/28/2006 3:35:38 PM

Could be an interesting discussion that reaches well beyond the Lake, boating and many other individual facets of life. Here are a few things I can think of possibly or possibly not playing into the scenario:

1. Cell Phones - Most folks kind of think since they have a cell phone everyone else does. That is their first safety net in an emergency or needing assistance. Instead of waving for help, they start dialing. Since they think that way, they think others act the same. Some of the later discussion point may lead to why so many have cell phone beyond just the luxury of technology.

2. Getting away from boating and the Lake. How many of us stop to help someone in a broken down car? Whether crime is geater now or thirty years ago is an intereting point. Yes, there is more crime but there is also a higher population. Is the % of crime greater? We all here the number and certain crime %'s are up and certain ones or down. Seems to follow strange patterns. Gasoline thefts are probably up now. Whether it is up or down, I think we can all make the reasonable assumption that we hear about it more in the news. That maybe because we are of an information age, and news plays a major role. So, lets just say that maybe fear or caution play a role in current day assistance to strangers who are often times our unknown neighbors. It is one thing to possibly place yourself in what might be considered a risking situation, but are you willing to do that when your family is with you and at the same risk? There was a time when some would start working with an injured stranger even with blood involved without even thinking of those risk that we now know of in the form of HIV and etc.

3. Could time play a role? My Father worked but only worked set hours. My Mother stayed home, raised the kids, cleaned the house, cooked the meals and ran the errands to include shopping. Now days, both partners in a marriage or family work , and you hear more and more of longer hours. Hey, 12 and 14 hour days are not unheard of and commuting hours are getting longer in more traffic and slower speeds. Then those same two working partners still have to do everything else in a household. Then there is looking for those precious minutes to spend with their children. Another great think is that our parents are living longer and are availble to enjoy time with or possibly assist for some. When I got home from school as a kid, I would just disappear into the neighborhood or local woods. The crime concern mentioned above may have changed that aspect of life forever since now ti is supervised activities. My point here is that adults have less and less times to relax and enjoy life together. Do they want to stop and spend part of that precious time with a stranger who possibly is a neighbor, or do they want to make the most of what little time they have with themselves or immediate family? Think about it.

Just somes things that come to my mind. There are certainly others, and not all lead one to believe that others are bad people. Maybe it is bad times and a worse quality of life.