20 March 2018 Panama: the Link Between the Americas!
After 4 airports in 24 hours, and with no more free WiFi, creativity kicks in. Thankfully, the Panamanian airport billboard committee gave me some help.
After passing the standard ads for cell phones, video games, and shirtless men/cologne, I came upon this gem:
The basic translation is: “Illegal fishing encourages pirating, it can be tied to drug trafficking, and to the slave trade.”
They might as well say, “If you fish illegally, one day you’ll be working for slavers and drug lords.”
It sounds like a slippery slope, and logically speaking, it is. But just because it’s a logical fallacy doesn’t mean it is always false.
Take Barry Seal, for example. As a pilot for TWA, he started casually “forgetting about” the Cuban cigars in his briefcase, and he ended up working for (and dying at the hands of) Pablo Escobar and the Nicaraguan drug cartel. (The video below was taken as we flew over La Paz. I thought it might be similar to what Barry Seal experienced.)
So, if you don’t want to end up like Barry Seal, always get a license before you fish.
So, if you don’t want to end up like Barry Seal, always get a license before you fish.
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