bungee jumping, sky diving, snowboarding, soccer, baseball etc are all
ordinarily survivable.
sucking in CO fumes almost directly from the exhaust port usuallly is
not.
teak surfing is ordinarily survivable too.
bum argument.
Let's say that 1% of teak surfers die and another 10% of repeat teak
surfers are permanently impaired. Probably about the same impairment
percentage associated with
the repeated huffing and sniffing of glues and aerosols.
Deaths to baseball and soccer players are almost unheard of. If 1% of
snowboarders died, there would be 2-3 deaths at even a moderate ski
resort every day, all winter. With the possible exception of bungee
jumping, those are all organized sports with rules and regulations
imposed for safe and proper use of the equipment.
Example: When playing baseball it would be a lot easier to steal bases
if the players weren't required to surrender the bat after hitting the
ball. I player A is trying to slide into 2nd and player B is standing
next to the bag ready to tag him with the ball, player A might avoid
the tag if he had the option to beat player B senseless with the bat.
We could just give everybody a club and let them whack each other's
brians out, (might improve ticket sales).............or we can have
some "rules" that make the sport safe and enjoyable
for players and spectators alike.
If baseball was not self-regulating, there would be laws of all types
in place dictating how two rival groups of guys, drinking beer on a
Saturday afternoon, would play together while throwing solid objects
around at high speeds and swinging clubs. Teak surfing is not self
regualting, and waiting for all the idiots to die is not the best
course to take, IMO.
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