Posted on 06/12/2010 7:04:01 AM PDT by jimbo123
A French fishing vessel rescued a California teenager Saturday from her crippled sailboat in the turbulent southern Indian Ocean, bringing relief to her family but ending her around-the-world sailing effort.
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So with better equipment and training she stood a better chance than some who have tried it.
I read about that guy somewhere along the line, intresting story as I recall.
Obviously Magellan was an ego centric publicity hound out for money and glory...
Yes. And here we have the very crux of the matter. There was indeed risk. Some of us here commend Abby for being willing to take such a risk to pursue her dream; others condemn her and her parents because they view the risk as being foolhardy. That boils down to a difference of opinion, in judgment, in life's experiences. But whatever your view of the risk-taking involved here, worthy or foolish, we can both surely agree that this girl is brave, brave beyond her years, and brave beyond my comprehension. I cannot imagine facing what she did.
It’s right there, youngest person to sail around the world.
Obviously, not the least import to you, but then not all pioneering appeals to everyone.
I honestly think that's because you're old enough to understand the risk. I remember being 16. I was invincible.
And that benefits whom? Just her. Money. Fame. How noble. And someone else already completed it before her. And she was disqualified when she made port.
Obviously, not the least import to you, but then not all pioneering appeals to everyone.
It is of no benefit to anyone but her. She isn't blazing trails into unknown lands. So next year it will be a 15 year old? 14? 10? For what purpose?
Actually, I started in the middle on the issue. The blind hatred of the Sunderlands drove me into their camp, however.
Only if all parents who abuse their children by committing them to the government educational asylums, thereby endangering the entire Nation's life, are treated likewise...
After all, putting just one life in danger, while bad, is insignificant to putting 300,000,000 lives in danger.
So true. I’ve always considered mountain climbers idiots, but I find long distance sailing admirable.
“You are correct. We have a whole nation of adults and children who collectively have zero accomplishments worth noting.”
Perhaps you and your children have never volunteered for the USO as my children and I do. There are no zero accomplishments with the women and men in the military even if you think there are.
You obviously forgot about the pioneers to the West, they were just in it for themselves too.
In fact, most pioneers are in it for themselves.
We've seen the full frontal assault by the home owners association types...
Here are few.....lol
1. She's too young
2. Her family are filthy rich pigs.
3.She's from California!!
4.The parents should be prosecuted for child endangerment!
5. She is a California brat!
6. The boat is expensive, and her parents are heartless.
7. The trip was expensive!
8. She did not thank her rescuers...superbrat...
9. Her parents only care about money!
10. She is from California!
11. She is a spoil rich brat.
12. She is rude!
13. It's too dangerous!
14. She endangered too many lives...
15. The Australians are upset..
16. She is a rich brat from California...
17. The man the built the boat is a brat and bad boat builder.
18. The rescuers fell over board and got wet!
19 She offended the French.
20. The Captain didn't fall overboard, she pushed him!
I'm sure I forgot a couple....Feel free to add to the pile up.
“Obviously Magellan was an ego centric publicity hound out for money and glory...”
Was he the guy with his parents on Good Morning America?
Why does this girl or anyone else need to do the world a “great service” because they and their parents make a decision to do something? What purpose needs to be served if someone chooses to sail around the world?
I’ve read through your posts on this matter and it appears you aren’t willing to allow others their “opinion” in this “debate” if it disagrees with your perception, especially when you say I’m “cheering on stupidity”. That’s your opinion.
Get a grip, people do things because they can and because they WANT to. That’s the beauty of living in a free country.
They don’t have to justify themselves to anyone, especially folks like you who have spent an entire day doing nothing but tearing down this girl and her family.
2. Her family are filthy rich pigs.
3.She's from California!!
4.The parents should be prosecuted for child endangerment!
5. She is a California brat!
6. The boat is expensive, and her parents are heartless.
7. The trip was expensive!
8. She did not thank her rescuers...superbrat...
9. Her parents only care about money!
10. She is from California!
11. She is a spoil rich brat.
12. She is rude!
13. It's too dangerous!
14. She endangered too many lives...
15. The Australians are upset..
16. She is a rich brat from California...
17. The man the built the boat is a brat and bad boat builder.
18. The rescuers fell over board and got wet!
19 She offended the French.
20. The Captain didn't fall overboard, she pushed him!
21. The mother is giving birth to her eighth child this month.
22. On Abby’s website, she is begging for donations and more sponsors.
23. This child and her parents are not working for what she has been given.
25. This girl and her family are thieves and crooks.
2. Her family are filthy rich pigs.
3.She's from California!!
4.The parents should be prosecuted for child endangerment!
5. She is a California brat!
6. The boat is expensive, and her parents are heartless.
7. The trip was expensive!
8. She did not thank her rescuers...superbrat...
9. Her parents only care about money!
10. She is from California!
11. She is a spoil rich brat.
12. She is rude!
13. It's too dangerous!
14. She endangered too many lives...
15. The Australians are upset..
16. She is a rich brat from California...
17. The man the built the boat is a brat and bad boat builder.
18. The rescuers fell over board and got wet!
19 She offended the French.
20. The Captain didn't fall overboard, she pushed him!
21. The mother is giving birth to her eighth child this month.
22. On Abby’s website, she is begging for donations and more sponsors.
23. This child and her parents are not working for what she has been given.
24. This girl and her family are thieves and crooks.
25. Abby never volunteered for the USO!
She was going to stake a claim or farm somewhere?
No. She wants to be famous.
1. inventor or innovator: a person or group that is the first to do something or that leads in developing something new
Nope
2. first person to explore territory: a person who is one of the first from another country or region to explore or settle a new area
Nope
3. soldier who builds things: a foot soldier whose duties include going ahead of the main company to construct things to pave the way for them
Nope
4. first species to grow somewhere: the first species of plant or animal life to begin living in a previously unoccupied site, e.g. a moss beginning to grow on otherwise bare rock
Nope
Self-serving is admirable?
people do things because they can and because they WANT to.
Does that mean that posters should fawn over this child? Some sound like she was trying to cure cancer.
especially folks like you who have spent an entire day doing nothing but tearing down this girl and her family.
This is a discussion forum. Have you missed that? I have an opinion. You have a different one. So what?
What is your point?
They watch too much Oprah.
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