On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:02:23 -0500, BAR wrote:

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On Mar 2, 5:29 pm, "JimH" wrote:
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On Feb 29, 7:54 pm, DownTime wrote:
Tim wrote:
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The truly stupid will find ways to kill themselves, no matter how
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we try to protect them from themselves..
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332514,00.html
Hope the captain goes down for manslaughter....
The article states that the guy that got mauled was a lawyer. I didn't
think that sharks would attack lawyers our of professional courtesy.
Er... maybe that's "snakes"
Which reminds me of another joke:
What's the difference betwene a dead snake in the road and a dead lawyer
in the road?
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Theres skid marks in front of the snake.
Just saw video of another darwin wannabe "captain" swimming with the
sharks.. At least it was the captain that lost his hand this time, not
someone he suckered into paying him money.. hopefully he can't drive
any more... assholes..
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At what point in the deal does the captain put the gun to the customers
head
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Well, by that logic, a drug dealer should be able to operate in the
open too. I know, I know,, drugs are illegal... So is most base
jumping, so should be shark diving, that's my point. It not only gets
people killed who go shark diving, but there is also good logic in the
idea that those sharks might come looking for food from someone who
was not stupid enough to train then to look to humans for food. What
is so difficult about that?
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I have very little sympathy for folks getting injured or killed while
involved in potential life threatening recreational activities such as base
jumping and swimming with sharks.

Should we now start blaming the pilot when a sky diver dies after jumping
off his plane and the parachute does not open?

No one put a gun to those folks heads to jump or dive..........where does
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You are missing the point. A fallen skydiver does not "teach" sharks
or airplanes to come closer to humans and kill innocents...

It is called assumption of risk.

The drug dealer assumes the risk of getting caught by the police,
prosecuted and put in prison.

The scuba diver who entices sharks to come close assumes the risk of
getting bitten or killed.

The skydiver is the only sane one of the bunch. Stepping out of a
Casa-212, at 12,500 feet, with 20 of your friends with you and turning 4
or 5 points. Dumping the main at 2,000 and swooping in to a perfect one
point landing. Only thing better is the last load of the day dumping the
main at 6,000 reaching into your jumpsuit and pulling out a beer or two
and enjoying the peaceful ride. I sure do miss skydiving.



In only one case is wildlife being trained to do something it shouldn't,
i.e., eat humans.

That's what's wrong with shark baiting.
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John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."