Tell that to the Kim family. Were they making a living or living ordinary lives when their tragedy happened?
Where do we draw the line? Where do we say 'This you can do, but this you can't'? Aren't we judging others as our socialist friends do every day when we make these judgments?
No, what I wrote wasn't nonsense. Disaster can happen to anyone, at any time. If you wish to be the one who determines who lives or dies, or who must reimburse society for their rescue as opposed to who doesn't, then be my guest. I'll just remain thankful should these people survive, regardless of their stupidity. I guess that's the Christian in me.
just reported ...one found dead
Nowhere. No line necessary. Everyone gets rescued or can be assured that someone will be making the attempt.
But be warned. If you choose to put yourself at risk in a foolhardy fashion...be prepared to pay the bill for the rescue. Should you survive.
The Kims weren't being foolish. They made a mistake in choosing the proper path through the mountains on established roads.
These climbers are a different story.
I assume the Kim's were the couple whose car ran off the road in NC last week. If so, you're making another nonsensical comparison. There is nothing at all unusual or abnormally dangerous about driving from one location to another to visit family or friends, to conduct business, or for any other common reason. Millions of people do it every day, and in almost all cases they pay for insurance to cover the cost of any damage they may incur to life, limb, or property while traveling.
OTOH, very few people take their lives in their hands by attempting to climb an 11,000 ft mountain in winter when conditions are unusually hazardous to life and limb. No matter how many nonsensical examples you come up with you can't compare what is happening on Mt. Hood to the rational actions of 99.999% of the people who value their lives enough not to do something stupid just for the sake of daring to risk the very high odds against survival. If some people want to do that and take the risks on their own shoulders I don't object in the slightest. I just don't want to help pay for rescuing them from the inevitable results of their reckless behavior any more than I want to help pay for the cost of recuing drunk drivers from the inevitable results of their own stupid behavior.