12-03-2012, 09:29 AM
It amazes me that people make huge assumptions about what people they do not even know, will or won't do. I am not sure how Seeb knows that the people who protest what he defines as "every fringe Eco thing" are the same people who swim in Champagne ponds or Wai Opae. When we lived in Kapoho, both in Kapoho Beach lots and in Vacationland, most of the people we saw swimming in Champagne ponds were winter visitors, Wai Opae got a mix of mostly visitors during the week and more locals during the weekends.
Some day, some winter visitor who is paying top dollar to rent a house that advertises easy access to Champagne ponds will get a horrible infection during a time period of poor test results, and their landlord will find themselves being sued for advertising use of the ponds, refusing to switch to septic, and not informing their guests the water is polluted when they have that information. The concept of informed consent is important in civil law, and vacation rentals that advertise and promote their places as valuable because of access to those areas for swimming are vulnerable to being found liable for damages if a visitor is harmed by following their advice on where to swim.
When we rented a place in Beach lots for 8 weeks, our landlady knew my husband was recovering from a life threatening staff infection that had almost killed him, and had destroyed his lymphatic system in one leg. She still not only did not warn us of the pollution in Champagne ponds, she recommended that we swim there for his health. If he had gotten an infection in the bad leg from that water, he probably would have died. She would have been liable for failure to inform us of dangers that she knew as a 30 year resident of the area. When we moved to Vacationland, our new landlady told us right away what the risks were, and how to minimize them.
I find it interesting that the more expensive gated community which serves hundreds of visitors every year in expensive fancy vacation rentals refuses to pay for septic systems, while the much more affordable Vacationland, with many more permanent residents living on fixed retirement incomes, is willing to create a way to switch over to septic systems.
Carol
Some day, some winter visitor who is paying top dollar to rent a house that advertises easy access to Champagne ponds will get a horrible infection during a time period of poor test results, and their landlord will find themselves being sued for advertising use of the ponds, refusing to switch to septic, and not informing their guests the water is polluted when they have that information. The concept of informed consent is important in civil law, and vacation rentals that advertise and promote their places as valuable because of access to those areas for swimming are vulnerable to being found liable for damages if a visitor is harmed by following their advice on where to swim.
When we rented a place in Beach lots for 8 weeks, our landlady knew my husband was recovering from a life threatening staff infection that had almost killed him, and had destroyed his lymphatic system in one leg. She still not only did not warn us of the pollution in Champagne ponds, she recommended that we swim there for his health. If he had gotten an infection in the bad leg from that water, he probably would have died. She would have been liable for failure to inform us of dangers that she knew as a 30 year resident of the area. When we moved to Vacationland, our new landlady told us right away what the risks were, and how to minimize them.
I find it interesting that the more expensive gated community which serves hundreds of visitors every year in expensive fancy vacation rentals refuses to pay for septic systems, while the much more affordable Vacationland, with many more permanent residents living on fixed retirement incomes, is willing to create a way to switch over to septic systems.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb