And I have a pet peeve with all of this.
I remember the furor raised over the motorcycle helmet laws. They may be
the right... the smart, thing, but why should I be forced to do "the right
thing"... "I wanna be freeee!"
And you could come down on either side of the argument, but, consider what
happens to those who are stuck with the taking care of Mr. I don't care
about doing the reasonable thing, "I'll do what I d^#n well please and if
it's free climbing or crashing my bike without any reasonable self
protection, tuff!"
The folks who didn't experience the wreck get to experience the protracted
long-term care of Mr. I don't give a s#!t. They get to spend what should be
theirs to keep his broken body running... does that seem right to you?
These folks get to sit in anguish over a life... no lives turned on end.
I think that there should be a document created that would force the dare
devil to release those who would otherwise be saddled with the result of his
(or her) trying for a Darwin Award of any financial responsibility caused by
their behavior. That includes the folks who don't even know that this
individual even exists... except when they step up and pay their tax burden.
If that seems a bit cold... so be it. But, it may just cause some to wake
up and see that their behavior affects more than just themselves.
Now, taking off his curmudgeon hat and donning his flameproof drawers, he
remains...
Stan... born back when that Nazi was sharing his insanity with the world.
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Greenlee
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:33 AM
To: 'Towertalk'
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] And we talk about free climbing !
Darwinian natural selection is thwarted in many instances these days as
society moves to protect those who would be eliminated if left to their own
devices. This is not a good thing for the long term benefit of society and
in aggregate is self destructive to the human race. You can swing too far
in the other direction as well with such as eugenics as practiced by WWII
Nazis. Virtually every time man has meddled in nature with such actions as
importing English sparrows to kill out a specific moth the results have been
a disaster. The moth is gone and so are many of our native birds displaced
by those sparrows.
More specifically, let people free climb if it is their freely made choice
and not an imposition of an employer. Let nature take over and Identify
those to eliminate. The rest of us will keep an eye peeled for bargains at
SK estate sales.
Patrick NJ5G
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