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<vision2020-request@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, April 19, 2014 11:26 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Vision2020 Digest, Vol 94, Issue 82<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br original_target="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Send Vision2020 mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a
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ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br>To: Kai Eiselein <<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>><br>Cc: "<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On<br> Game<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:8498DFE5-7909-4D49-9FD8-481324B516B4@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:8498DFE5-7909-4D49-9FD8-481324B516B4@moscow.com">8498DFE5-7909-4D49-9FD8-481324B516B4@moscow.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>And if the U.S. Congress terminates a person's food stamps and refuses to extend their
unemployment?<br><br>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .<br><br>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<br><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a><br> <br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"There's room at the top they are telling you still.<br>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,<br>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."<br><br>- John Lennon<br> <br><br>> On Apr 19, 2014, at 10:43 AM, Kai Eiselein <<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> If someone is getting unemployment and/or food stamps, I'd say that's a pretty good indication of necessity and would pretty easy to verify.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ________________________________<br>>> From: <a
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a> <br>>> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 10:01:50 -0700 <br>>> To: <a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a> <br>>> CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a> <br>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game <br>>> <br>>> Then . . . <br>>> <br>>> What about the indigent person who poaches elk/deer for the cash value <br>>> of the racks . . . using the "revenue" to purchase food? <br>>> <br>>> And, if the law is modified such that indigant people can't even be <br>>> charged with the crime of poaching, what is to stop the more <br>>>
financially-secure poacher from copping the "I am indigent and only <br>>> sell the elk/deer racks to put food on my family's dinner table" plea? <br>>> <br>>> If the financial stability of the perp is the determing factor in <br>>> whether or not the above cop-out plea may be applied, at what amount of <br>>> financial worth is the line drawn? <br>>> <br>>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . . <br>>> <br>>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on) <br>>> <a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a><<a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a>> <br>>> <br>>> Tom Hansen <br>>> Moscow, Idaho <br>>> <br>>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still. <br>>> But first you must
learn how to smile as you kill, <br>>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill." <br>>> <br>>> - John Lennon <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> On Apr 19, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Sunil <br>>> <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>>> <br>>> wrote: <br>>> <br>>> Kai, <br>>> <br>>> I say 'yes,' the person feeding his family should be treated <br>>> differently, and it should start with the law itself. It should provide <br>>> for different treatments, or perhaps create a necessity exception that <br>>> would excuse the first person in your example. Since judges will vary
<br>>> widely on the punishment end, to argue mercy should be provided there <br>>> is to live in Dreamland. <br>>> <br>>> Juries generally don't assess punishments, except for the death <br>>> penalty. Their verdicts may create sentencing ranges, depending on the <br>>> charges, or they can acquit. <br>>> <br>>> Tom says, 'Where the "trophy poacher" may be sentenced to some jail <br>>> time and a heavy fine, the indigent person may be sentenced to a short <br>>> term of probation.' <br>>> <br>>> I think the positions are more likely to be reversed in the real world. <br>>> <br>>> Sunil <br>>> <br>>> ________________________________ <br>>> From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"
saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> <br>>> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:19:49 -0700 <br>>> To: <a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>> <br>>> CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game <br>>> <br>>> Kai Eiselein suggests: <br>>> <br>>> "Let's say a person is unemployed and needs to feed his/family poaches <br>>>
a deer or an elk for food, should that person be treated the same as a <br>>> trophy or money poacher who only takes the rack, hide or parts that <br>>> have cash value?" <br>>> <br>>> As much as I hate to say this, Mr. Eiselein . . . <br>>> <br>>> Yes. A law is only as strong as the people who enforce it. <br>>> <br>>> In both cases, "trophy poachers" (who take the elk/deer racks for their <br>>> cash value) and indigent people (who are striving to put food on the <br>>> dinner table), are guilty of the crime of poaching. <br>>> <br>>> The individual reason for poaching may be presented during the judicial <br>>> process. At which time the judge or jury may impose punishment <br>>> commensurate with the motivation behind committing the crime. In <br>>> military courts-martial, that portion of the judicial
pricess is <br>>> referred to as "presentation of matters in extenuation and mitigation". <br>>> Where the "trophy poacher" may be sentenced to some jail time and a <br>>> heavy fine, the indigent person may be sentenced to a short term of <br>>> probation. <br>>> <br>>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . . <br>>> <br>>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on) <br>>> <a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a><<a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a>> <br>>> <br>>> Tom Hansen <br>>> Moscow, Idaho <br>>> <br>>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still. <br>>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill, <br>>> If you want to be like the folks on
the hill." <br>>> <br>>> - John Lennon <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> On Apr 19, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Kai Eiselein <br>>> <<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>>> wrote: <br>>> <br>>> Let's say a person is unemployed and needs to feed his/family poaches a <br>>> deer or an elk for food, should that person be treated the same as a <br>>> trophy or money poacher who only takes the rack, hide or parts that <br>>> have cash value? <br>>> <br>>> ======================================================= List services <br>>> made available by First Step Internet, serving the communities of the <br>>> Palouse since
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saprocessedanchor="true">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20140419/d8f51953/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:25:02 -0700<br>From: "Saundra Lund" <<a href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>><br>To: "'Kai Eiselein'" <<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On<br> Game<br>Message-ID: <00ed01cf5bfc$ae996b50$0bcc41f0$@ssl1.fastmail.fm><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>Before I can participate in your
interesting moral question, I need you to<br>clarify for me: are you asking about those "lazy" unemployed & "welfare<br>queens" the GOP & tea baggers are so quick to attack, cut off at the knees,<br>and leave hanging out to dry?<br><br>Or, are you talking about anyone who is unemployed for any reason<br>whatsoever, including the families with children where an adult is an<br>undocumented immigrant?<br><br>Looking forward to your clarification!<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Kai Eiselein [mailto:<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>] <br>Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 8:33 AM<br>To: Saundra Lund; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game<br><br>This also brings up an
interesting moral question.<br><br>Let's say a person is unemployed and needs to feed his/family poaches a deer<br>or an elk for food, should that person be treated the same as a trophy or<br>money poacher who only takes the rack, hide or parts that have cash value?<br><br><br><br>----------------------------------------<br>> From: <a href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:23:12 -0700<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game<br>><br>> If anyone can post the LMT article referenced, I'm sure I'm not the <br>> only one who would appreciate it. It seems to me our tax dollars would <br>> be far, far better spent hunting down these damn poachers
than caving <br>> to the paranoia of the mentally unhinged "big bad wolf" crowd.<br>><br>><br>> <a href="http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/north-idaho-poachers-taking-heav" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/north-idaho-poachers-taking-heav</a><br>> y-toll<br>> -game<br>><br>> North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game<br>><br>> State wildlife officials in northern Idaho say poachers are killing <br>> far more game animals than wolves.<br>><br>> Officials tell the Lewiston Tribune that last year in northern Idaho <br>> they confirmed poaching of 30 elk, four moose, 13 mule deer and 57 <br>> whitetail deer.<br>><br>> Officials say a realistic detection rate is 5 percent, meaning <br>> poachers are likely killing about 600 elk, 80 moose, 260 mule deer and<br>1,000 whitetail.<br>><br>> Idaho Fish and Game District Conservation Officer Barry
Cummings says <br>> many people don't report wildlife crimes because they don't consider <br>> it a crime against them.<br>><br>> The fine in Idaho for illegally killing an elk is $750, while the fine <br>> for illegally killing a moose is $10,000.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, serving the <br>> communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.fsr.net/</a><br>> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" saprocessedanchor="true" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> =======================================================<br>
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