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I don't know since I do not know how he has reacted. People push the envelope all the time and do things others consider foolish while the person doing it does not see the big deal. Knowing how he reacted is a big factor in the amount of punishment IMO. But, I have a hard time thinking that he *knew* it was dangerous and did it anyway. Pushing the envelope is great fun, however it should not include knowingly exposing *others* to additional risk, at least not without their informed consent. A first time tandem student can't give informed consent for this type of jump. If it were a Strong TI in the student harness I'd feel very differently. The key here is the risk to others. I have recommended that an examiner not give a tandem rating to a person who made a habit of hooking downwind into crowded landing areas. Did I think the person would end up hooking tandems downwind? Of course not. But he routinely demonstrated the attitude that his own fun was more important than others' safety, and I don't think that attitude has any business being strapped to the back of a tandem student. The tandem master pictured on numerous occasions in this thread clearly has the same attitude, and has demonstrated it with real live tandem students. For that reason I would at least suspend his USPA tandem rating for some substantial period of time, and revoke it if his attitude was unrepentent. He'd still have Strong Enterprises' permission to take tandems on joyrides, and apparently CSC's approval, but it wouldn't be as a USPA-rated Tandem Instructor. USPA's most important functions are to protect skydiving from regulatory intrusion and to maintain industry standards with regard to safety and training. The tandem jumps depicted could not be more at odds with those goals. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Charades? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've got the Charter HD-DVR tied into a nice Onkyo surround sound system. Between the HD channels and On Demand, my winters are set. Obviously I can live without it though, as I don't watch more than a couple hours a week during the summer. I just installed my XM system last night. Had to drive a couple hours this morning, and I'm already hooked! How the hell did I manage without it?! I don't use one specific system, but I love the bills that I don't have to pay manually. I'm down to 3 per month that I have to mail/deliver somewhere, and going down to 1 within the next month. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

A nation is comprised of people, therefore it is the duty of the people to care for their ailing. It doesn't take bureaucracy to fulfill that duty, the charitable paths were easily accessible. My point was that it's a cause and effect thing. Hoover didn't cause those people to die, thus he was not the "architect of thousands of deaths". Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Martinis are best dirty. I just decided that's what I'm drinking tomorrow night!

I'm drinking tequila. You're drinking something else...I'm not sure what, but I'm guessing it looks kinda like wine. Fuck me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure it ain't a "German medoc". Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I like some of just about everything on the list. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Sauza margaritas (mango instead of lime) Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Doesn't every minute of the day come after midnight? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm guessing he proved that many years ago. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I thought the exact same thing. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

While you're down there and feeling grateful... Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Fixed. Even better... I've been TRYING to figure out what it was that made me get naked. Finally. You should party with Vinny one of these days. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I suppose that's better than what comes out when you sneeze! Blues, Dave P.S. Do you have any idea what it took to find that? "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

This bird is scary... if you read the caption they said this... "This bird has had to be flown with great care now as he has already responsible for dispatching an adult Red Fox and several Hares during public displays. The handlers are worried that it may attack and fly off with somebodies pet dog as there is a public path near the centre where people reguarly walk their dogs." OK - so - let me get this right. You take your animal/pet out into nature and subject it to the wild animals that comprise nature. Check Now you have to change nature again because the animals are doing what they normally do anyway. Right. People are so dissapointing. Actually, this particular bird is a pet as well, so it makes sense that its owners should be careful to ensure it doesn't harm other people's pets. Similarly, if someone has an aggressive dog, I'd expect them to exercise caution when taking it to a dog park. I don't expect such consideration from coyotes when I take my dogs out to play in areas they frequent, but I won't extend them any consideration if there's a dogfight either. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Washington State was at or near the top of that list a few years back. The little town of Pullman where the school is located was also the per capita leader in gonorrhea cases at the time. Coincidence? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

So when the Libertarians decry social welfare, think if the author of charities dealing with it and also trickle down economics. Hoover, likely the worst president in history, was the architect of thousands of deaths while businesses and their families survived. That's quite a stretch to say that Hoover not forcing some people to save other people made him the architect of their deaths. Similarly, Clinton not passing anti-abortion legislation means he orchestrated the deaths of thousands of children? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

How the hell have you not heard of the world-famous tickle-fights they have with each other? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

That's awesome! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Oh, I'm sure you're right. It's just that I've got a fair vocabulary and didn't know such an adjective existed. The irony in its meanings caught me by surprise. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

From here: Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I want a woman who is honest, intelligent, attractive, kind, attentive, fun, funny, open-minded, available, and into me. I get your point about not being overly discriminating, but I really don't need to date someone to realize there's no way I'll find my "happily ever after" with a lying, stupid, ugly, cruel, thoughtless, boring, humorless, narrow-minded, or taken woman. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I don't know about the whole thong thing, but dem are some nice boobies! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Here's a good example of the lunacy. Even with police!DEFENCELESS AIRLINE BOMB PLOT UNARMED police were sent to search homes in the airline terror plot - despite a cache of weapons being uncovered in one house... But a senior intelligence source said: "The decision not to go in with armed officers was dicing with death. What would have happened if the came up against an armed suspect? "Some firearms officers were surprised that they were left on standby... if any of the suspects had come out fighting, the men on the ground would have been at risk." All 23 arrests in High Wycombe, Walthamstow and Birmingham were carried out by Metropolitan Police's unarmed Territorial Support Group... A furious police source said: "It seems like a crazy decision not to use a highly trained firearms unit like CO19 when dealing with potential terrorists who don't actually care about dying...Source: Sunday Mirror While I generally agree with you on topics related to gun ownership, I still gotta question using the above to make your point. You can "what if" just about anything to death, and the fact remains that nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)