License to fish? License to… RIDE A BIKE? License to… HAVE A DOG/CAT? License to USE A RADIO? (I’m talking about GMRS, AFIAK emergency services do not use GMRS frequencies)

Why is everything a license?

What next? License to exist?

Someday they are gonna require a license to get your own water, or filter your own air (due to pollution).

  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Reasons for a license to fish (from a German perspective and with common sense):

    • You want people who fish to know when they can and cannot fish due to the fish’s [Edit: re pro]creation periods.
    • You want people to know which kinds of fish they should and should not catch, in general.
    • You want people to know how big a certain kind of fish needs to be before it can be extracted.
    • You want a general overview of the number of people fishing in a general area to monitor overfishing.

    License to have a dog:

    • Costs a certain amount of money each month. This funds public cleaning of dog poop and free dog poop bags.

    License for a GMRS radio:

    • To prevent too many people from crowding in the same channel.
    • To be able to identify assholes who jam a channel with their broadcasts.

    License for biking:

    • To know the rules of the road
    • stangel@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Upvote for thoughtful reply but I think you mean fish procreation periods. Nobody cares what season they go golfing 😆