Maybe when jig rig posted : "Da courteous thing to do would be to let em have their hunt. IMO"
you should have posted your "clarification", rather than your initial response of not seeing it that way.
But I do agree that respect is never out of fashion. I have had many duck hunts ruined early in the morning by fishermen. Yes, they had the right to be there, because it was public water. Ducks flare away from a spread for any of a multitude of reasons........sometimes it is by a fisherman is does not care about respect.