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30 Advoc. Q. 239 (2005)
Hook and Release Angling, a Car Accident and the Effect of the Power of Suggestion with Witnesses

handle is hein.journals/aqrty30 and id is 295 raw text is: HOOK AND RELEASE ANGLING, A CAR ACCIDENT AND THE EFFECT OF THE POWER OF SUGGESTION WITH WITNESSES Barry Morrison* and Ian Fraser** 1. Introduction The two vignettes that follow explain this article's title. 1. Sometimes mid-life provides cause for pause to reflect on things important. Such has been the case for one of the authors, a dyed-in-the- wool promoter of hook and release angling for many years. While growing up, he absorbed himself in Field & Stream and Outdoor Life magazines, vicariously living through famous writers. He admired their exploits of battling sport fish on light tackle, then releasing them into streams and lakes. Hook and release angling was the mantra of those he so looked up to and, as time marched on, he tried to emulate them. Indeed, in later years, he became a vocal public proponent of the concept. Such was the situation until, while extolling same to a saucy but nonetheless sage sibling over wine, some words expressed by her caused him to stop and think. The comments made, have, no doubt, been expressed many times before. Perhaps on this occasion they were particularly effective because of timing. The message, without putting too fine a point on it, was this - the author must be smoking something illegal to truly believe any fish welcomes impalement and restraint by a hook, thrashing in the water attempting escape, then being released by its tormentor. The author now fishes only to put food on the table. 2. The co-author was travelling home for lunch from his university one day when he witnessed a near-catastrophic automobile accident. A young, male driver was exiting the parking lot onto the main street of the university, which, at the time, was in the process of being repaved * LL.B., Clark Drummie law firm. ** Ph.D., Chair, Department of Psychology, St. Thomas University. 239

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