kallend 2,150
winsor 236
QuoteQuote[Reply]Right now on Earth, there is a faction that thinks anywhere there is oil, they have "the right" to plunder it whether or not it has the possibility of destroying entire economies.
Agreed. We have become a society that says, "To hell with the consequences, there shall be no discussion, the immediate and certain human toll and costs are worthwhile for there is the possibility of bad stuff happening.
Chances are that I won't have a potentially fatal malfunction, but on the chance that bad stuff may happen I jump with a reserve, even though it was bad for my personal economy. So do most other skydivers.
Your arguments are getting pretty thin.
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See the arguments about stripping anyone suspected of mental illness of their Constitutional rights - giving them fewer rights than murderers or "enemy combatants."
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Where in the USA do murderers and enemy combatants have a right to buy firearms?
Uptown.
[Reply]Chances are that I won't have a potentially fatal malfunction, but on the chance that bad stuff may happen I jump with a reserve, even though it was bad for my personal economy. So do most other skydivers.
You're right. There's never been any skydiving operation under attack. In fact, activities like BASE jumping are perfectly legal everywhere. We can ride motorcycles without helmets. Skydiving has never been under attack and we damned well can be sure that in a world where people's safety is guaranteed, skydiving will be encouraged as a safe activity. Yes, it may seem odd to you, but there are people out there who think that you shouldn't have the choice to do what you do. Rather, they should have the choice.
[Reply]Where in the USA do murderers and enemy combatants have a right to buy firearms?
Murderers don't. They've been adjudicated as murderers.
Enemy non-combatants? Have they been adjudicated as such? Or have they merely been "accused" and denied any opportunity to defend themselves. You've rubbed some people the wrong way, as have I. Aren't we both glad that these people don't have the power to fuck us up? Do you want anyone to have the power to say, "There's something not quite right about Kallend" and have your pilot's license suspended, for example? As you know, any mental illness is take quite seriously by the FAA. That'd suck, wouldn't it?
"Kallend. Prove you aren't a danger to anyone. You want to? Anti-authoritarian, are you? You cannot be trusted. License revoked."
Don't think it'll happen?
My wife is hotter than your wife.
Agreed. We have become a society that says, "To hell with the consequences, there shall be no discussion, the immediate and certain human toll and costs are worthwhile for there is the possibility of bad stuff happening.
Chances are that I won't have a potentially fatal malfunction, but on the chance that bad stuff may happen I jump with a reserve, even though it was bad for my personal economy. So do most other skydivers.
Your arguments are getting pretty thin.
Where in the USA do murderers and enemy combatants have a right to buy firearms?
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.