In article , Bob wrote:

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Can not be safe 100% of the time??.. ???????????

No, you cannot. Unless you never get out of bed, and yet, at the same
time, ensure that someone maintains your house so that the chimney
doesn't fall on you through the roof the next time the wind blows.


Other people believe differently. Several boat companies in the GOM,
drug, and other industries believe 100% of all injuries are
preventable.

These are the people who are encouraging the "I got hurt, it must be
someone's fault, who can I blame/sue?" attitude, and they are wrong.


Im still not sure about
that but Im beginning to believe that there is no such thing as an
"accident" and there fore probably, yes all are preventable.

Maybe all are preventable, but to what lengths do you want to go to
protect yourself? Do you stop sailing incase some half-submerged
container holes your boat and sinks you? Do you stop walking in the
woods in case a branch falls on your head? Do you stop walking along the
cliffs because they are constantly eroding and may collapse without
warning?

Sure, we could blame the shipping company that lost the container, that
could easily have been carelessness, but your hitting it was an accident
that you couldn't avoid because you couldn't see it, perhaps you should
never have left the dock. Maybe all the trees should be cut down so that
there are no branches to fall on people. Maybe someone should be
employed to check all trees on a daily basis for the likelihood of
falling branches, or forests should be made forbidden places just for
our safety. With regard to the cliffs, well, they're obviously *way* too
dangerous and the public should be made to stay at least 100 yards away
at all times. Utterly ridiculous.


I just
don?t believe in fate or a predestined future.

You don't have to, you just have to accept that accidents happen. It's
not fate, it's an accident. That half submerged container could have
been missed by inches, and you would still not have known about it. It's
not fate or pre-destiny, it is the coinciding of two facts, the ones you
know about and the ones that you don't stand a chance of knowing about.

Justin.

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Justin C, by the sea.