Posted on 06/12/2010 9:51:14 AM PDT by Talisker
He is right. The nanny State is alive and well at Free Republic. A bunch of sour puss, meddlesome, feckless weak-kneed, hand wringing sad pussed fearfull little chicken littles.
What a nasty, hate-filled, sarcastic post. That girl must really be a threat to you. You say that sailing alone 12,000 miles - halfway around the world — is not an achievement. So be it. We disagree on that issue. But why the vitriol? I still say that jealousy (envy) is behind many of these negative posts.
I dont let my 18 or 20 year old take my boat out alone...
Congratulations on your and your families definitions of safety.
Don’t demand that everybody else follow your definition of prudence.
Why in the world would you think that what is right for you must be demanded of everybody else?
“Basically the hateful screeds boil down to Abby being a child instead of a young woman, unable to understand the danger of her trip, put at risk by fame seeking parents, to do something with no socially approved redeeming value, which ended in abject failure due to Abby’s incompetence, and for which CPS should be called in to have Abby pulled from the family for re-education, while the parents are jailed, fined, and billed for the rescue efforts. “
Sound about right to me...
Who cares if she gets book deals, stories and interviews. Heck, I’d love to see an interview of this adventure. What is wrong with you people on this site? This young woman very clearly has been raised outside the box. Kudos to her and her parents! I could care less if they make millions. That is clearly not what this is about.
Why can’t you just let that family do what they want to do? Why must you impose your vision of normal on them? What gives you the right to meddle in their decisions?
Someone’s tin foil hat needs to be replaced.
>> so you would be fine with this if the rescue were privately funded?
Basically, yeah, I guess I would. I would privately question the wisdom of Abby and, moreso, her parents for embarking on the trip, and if I were in a role to advise them I’d advise them against it. I think it’s a BAD idea.
But if THEY bear the entire risk for their own adventure, and THEY fund the entire support effort and the rescue should something go wrong, then it’s none of my business, regardless of what I think about the wisdom of it.
Praise the Lord!
Fact is yes she did, and so do a lot of folks. We hear of them every day. Her age and beauty tweaked this.
But I’m glad she’s safe and I for one, think she should push her own limits. Her parents evidently thought so too.
Meanwhile all other 16 year old kids are busy shopping, running up credit cards or whatever....
Your kidding right Bob?
Are you really so meddlesome and small that you would demand jail time for the family? So much for “Free” Republic.
wow. that’s some post you got there. back away from the keyboard and take a breath. You could not be more clueless.
Well done.
Absolutely.
For name, fame and glory.
Your great, great Aunt did something useful.
That’s the difference.
Are you truly that much of an idiot?
Or....do you just play one on FreeRepublic?
Best post of the day.
You really don’t get it, do you?
While I don’t think it wise, I really don’t give a rat’s a$$ what they do. Provided THEY furnish ALL the resources to do it.
Just like I don’t mind if you scrape together every cent you can borrow to buy a million dollar house, because you think tomorrow it’ll be worth two million. I’ll think you’re nuts, but that’s your deal. PROVIDED you don’t come running to me (as a taxpayer) to bail your sorry ass out when it becomes obvious that you got in way over your head.
That’s just how I feel about Miss Adventure here.
The original rant attributed all sorts of evil motives to FReepers who don’t want to bail out pseudo-adventurers, like we’re some kind of candy-ass socialists. But it misses the point. DO what you want! Just bear the WHOLE RESPONSIBILITY for what you do! That to me is a conservative attitude. This idea that we’re all supposed to help out the selfish egos that attack stuff like sailing around the world when you’re a kid strikes me as the ultimate Libtard attitude.
On the other hand are those who believe that minor children ought to have the right to express their sexuality by enjoying unrestricted sexual freedom. Is it nanny-statism to deny them that? I've no doubt it would be if we were dealing with adults. But minors require a certain degree of protection from society, including protections against being exploited by adults, or putting themselves (or being suffered to put themselves) into positions which may be harmful to those of their limited experience. I know there's a lot of debate as to what might constitute such positions, but if getting into a small boat and trying to sail unaccompanied around the world isn't one of them, then literally nothing is, and we might as well lower the age of majority to fourteen, or whatever we can agree upon. Of course at that point some valiant thirteen-year-old will come along pushing the envelope, and we'll be right back where we started.
As long as her parents pay for the cost of recovering/rescuing their daughter, it’s all fine with me. Just don’t charge taxpayers for saving this kid when she gets in trouble.
Just pathetic --- and the French captain of the fishing boat who saved her fell overboard and had to be rescued.
What an utterly nasty, stupid, narcissistic sicko family.
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