Posted on 06/13/2010 6:52:35 PM PDT by naturalman1975
To make it worse, they are asking people to pay to recover the boat:
Abby’s blog links to that site. Soliciting donations to ‘save Abby’s boat’ while telling the Aussie’s to eat the cost of rescuing their daughter is contemptible, IMHO!
If you visit the site, they are now saying the boat is not recoverable and that they will return donations...but I still find the fact that they quickly set up a site to ask for money to save the boat unacceptable.
And you really don't think that Magellan, and Columbus, and Cook, etc. were not seeking "fame"...wow...LMAO at the naivete of some folks on this forum. If it were up to this crowd Columbus would have stayed home with his mommy and weaved baskets and we would all be speaking Spanish....and the Indians (feather not dot) would have an incredible casino empire here in the good old U.S.A....oh, that's right there would not be a U.S.A....but I'll bet those baskets Columbus weaved would have been bitchin'....LMAO.
I was saying they are completely seperate things. Sorry I wasn’t more clear. I said one is a great thing (astronauts) and one being a silly stunt and death wise like this girl.
“Insult? This young woman, regardless of anyone else around her, embodies that spirit. She was no ignorant foolish girl, for such a child would not be able to pilot a sailing vessel around two continents.
“
I am not really insulting her, actually she seems to be a decent sailor having made it this far. I however have nothing but disdain for her greedy low life parents who put her up to it all for their reality show.
Did he have a reality show backing his publicity stunt too?
Maybe. Maybe not.
In 1968, with no sailing experience, Chay Blyth competed in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, aboard a 30ft yacht called Dytiscus retiring just past the Cape of Good Hope.
Yep, and Joan of Arc at age 17-19 was just trying to get a "reality show"....maybe we can re-write Western European history because she should have been home playing video games with mommy....LOL at the envious hatred toward this incredible girl and her parents.
Envy?
No I dont envy a family of attention whores seeking fame and fortune...I pity them.
Sunderland is no Joan of Arc. She was trying to save her country. Abby was being self-serving.
Hey there’s a new thread needing your abby support...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2533958/posts?page=49#49
There have been worse reasons for such ventures.
This "incredible girl" and her parents are trying to get a reality TV show. You know, like Ozzy, Jon and Kate plus 8, The Kardashians, you know. Hero type people.
Sunderland "reality" show preplanned before Abby's misadventure
She's a loser, lets hope more like her are not produced. It is much better for teens to stay at home on facebook and play videos. No one gets hurt that way and America will be better for it.
I'm sorry if that's only only kind of kids you know. The teens I know weren't allowed on My Space or Facebook and had few video games, they were too busy doing other things. James and David built their own log cabin at age 15 and 17.
>> I still find the fact that they quickly set up a site to ask for money to save the boat unacceptable.
Unacceptable, yes.
Surprising, not so much.
That is a ridiculous statement! Did you Abby supporters get together and decide on your talking points? I have seen the "all teens do is play video games" spiel about a hundred times today. You all need to come up with different talking points. This one is getting as old as the dems blame Bush mantra.
OMG!!!!
Their parents must have been insane to let them build their own log cabin!
They could have cut off a limb or been crushed by the timbers!
Have you been out and about latley?
Seen TV?
The fact I see this girl shredded here on FreeRepublic of all palces just boggles my mind.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.