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Hi,
Referig to the pub the tone was bad right from the begining
The question is how to define "risc". Is it a risc to smoke? Do people have the right to drink alcohol? Why should anyone have the right to drive a car at all?
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it is rather selfish to do so given the potential impact on family, rescuers, taxpayers, etc.
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No i dont want any "taxpayer" to mess around in my live. I did not ask them to. The rules are the same and everyone can decide what to do with his livetime...
Tobi
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The question is how to define "risc". Is it a risc to smoke? Do people have the right to drink alcohol? Why should anyone have the right to drive a car at all?
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OK, I propose a very simple rule for determining what is "risky": the "helicopter rule". If you're doing something that you can reasonably expect would require a helicopter--either a recue chopper or an armed military raid--to rescue you, what you're doing could be considered risky.
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No i dont want any "taxpayer" to mess around in my live. I did not ask them to. Its my live and i decide wich risc im willing to take not someone else and i give this right to think and decide to everyone else as well...
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Newsflash: you don't get to decide what your taxes are spent on. If your country decides that taxpayers should pay to rescue you from some mountain or some terrorist den, then everyone else picks up the tab for your actions, and you don't get much say in it. Of course if you want to bear sole risk without burdening taxpayers if get stuck on a mountain somewhere, you can simply leave your cell phone/sat tracker at home and hide from the search helicopters, but somehow when push comes to shove I suspect that most people will be waving frantically at the helicopters...
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