Seems that you could include some guilt about using a machine designed and used to kill marine mammals and other creatures. How about feeling guilty about wearing cotton--a most destructive row crop (see Aral Sea and southern bottomlands, it's gone) the list could go on and on. If you feel guilty don't do it again. BOB
> Ok folks, like the rest of you I try to lead a somewhat noble and
> self-respecting lifestyle. I try to do my part as a citizen of spaceship
> Earth recycling when possible, not eating endangered animals, composting
> instead of burning, and writing my congressman when I think things need
> cleaning up. You know the type. I’m one of them.

> But now I’ve really done it. I have this beautiful boat in my garage, and
> it’s made of African mahogany. I would like to believe that the wood came
> from a tree farm, but one can’t always believe what manufacturers and
> exporters tell us. I don’t believe in dolphin safe tuna, and I don’t
> believe in monkey safe mahogany. It was more than likely acquired from
> some precious rain forest and dragged out with a bulldozer. Monkeys,
> birds, and who knows what else were probably destroyed by its removal. I
> think I’ve screwed up, and wish I had taken the time to learn how to build
> a stripper. I wish kit manufacturers offered or would invent an
> alternative type plywood.

> By the way, it is a nice looking boat. I did a great job. And I know it
> would look better as a forest. I don’t believe gentle boaters like us
> should encourage the destruction of great forests and ecosystems for
> pretty boats. There are other ways to build a boat. Don’t make my
> loathsome mistake.

> My 2cents