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To: originalbuckeye

If they want to go there, they could focus on skiing.

How many have died skiing?

I can think of three prominent people offhand : Sonny Bono, one of the various Kennedy cousins, and actress Natasha Richardson. All died in skiing accidents.

People die every year at the Grand Canyon.

How do we mitigate every risk in life? What risks are acceptable? That to me is the heart of this sort of discussion.


18 posted on 08/09/2017 7:40:00 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Agree. I have come to the conclusion that ‘acceptable risk’ is personal. Whatever one person decides is allowable risk, is ok for them. And I try to not judge them by my own ‘accceptable risk’ assessment. My son wanted to play football, so he did. He also DID have friends whose parents wouldn’t let them play.


31 posted on 08/09/2017 8:21:16 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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