Posted on 06/14/2010 8:12:08 AM PDT by jimbo123
That's some kinda nuts.
“Just because people build a certain level of capability into their children and then allow those capability to be tested doesn’t make them irresponsible... rather it shows that you are too much of a coward to raise your kids at that level.”
I don’t sail. I live in southern Arizona, about 60 miles from the border.
Suppose I encouraged my 12 year old daughter to hike the Arizona/Mexico border alone to set a record as the youngest girl to hike the border alone. And had her do it in summer, because winter would be too late to set the record. And plug a reality TV show about her hike, and my worrying about her.
That would be repulsive, and it is the equivalent of what these parents did.
Ok - I think I got a little vomit in my mouth from that one... Lets see... you can afford to buy your teen a yacht to sail around the world SOLO, can practice sailing (lest we forget her older brother also did a solo not so long ago). What exactly is their definition of wealthy?
When I first heard about this "adventure", my first thoughts were "irresponsible parents". But others here started to bend my ear a bit. But now, all prospective respect for this family is now flushed down the toilet. The yacht likely cost as much as the rescue effort. I say let the US government pay for the rescue, then put a lien against the family's estate until they pay back ever cent plus interest.
Freedom comes with responsibility, without that it’s not really freedom at all.
The freedom to sail around the world comes with the responsibility of financing a rescue if it’s needed. If you cannot afford a rescue, a responsible freedom loving person’s response should be “then I can’t go.”
They valued the possible fame and fortune more than their daughters life- plain and simple. What they hoped to get was worth more to them than what they were risking.
To risk human life for something so trivial and fleeting is repulsive, IMO. To risk your CHILD is monstrous.
They should borrow the $$ to pay for the saving of her life now. Go into debt- and know the money could have been spent to make her life better.
That settles it. She's not a real sailor. Real sailors always write a book, they don't think about it, they can't NOT write it. (Me I blame Josh Slocum for setting the precedent, they all want to copy what he did)
http://www.sunyachts.net/main/Welcome.html#about:blank His home page. Access to yachts is his business!
Have these people ever heard of marine insurance?
Axe one of them "friend" to smack 'em all upside the head for me.
it shows that you are too much of a coward to raise your kids at that level
I've got one son in the Army, he'll show you about "level".
So don’t speak where you do not know.
Follow your own advice, you poopy-head spastic.
No, sorry, you don’t get one dime to salvage the boat. If you didn’t have the money to do this stunt, you shouldn’t have done it.
Why should the taxpayers be responsible for her rescue??? If she (the daughter) writes a book, the first $300k in profit should pay off the rescue.
Starting to sound like Balloon Boy in a Boat...maybe OweBaoMao can give them a bailout.
Bailouts are for boats!
Appropriate FRname...
I don’t think Lloyd’s would have insured this stunt.
They do have the right to allow their daughter to try this stunt if they like. What they don't have the right to do is demand that other people fund the failure of said stunt.
I'm glad the girl was rescued, but the parents most definitely were irresponsible, at least as far as not being able to fund this properly.
Her book would not make $300k in profit. Not even close.
lol
We'll see more imitators and wannabe reality TV personalities trying these kinds of dangerous stunts.
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