Originally Posted by
aa777888
People do not need to be protected from themselves.
In the ideal world perhaps.
In this one however, the now defunct concept of common sense has departed the building and ignorance and stupidity is on the rise.
Rules are created because of the few not because of the many, and it has been shown time and again that people do need to be protected from themselves and from each other.
Do you think for one moment that if any of those flights didn't end well, that those onboard wouldn't be calling lawyers, claiming they didn't know and pointing fingers everywhere but themselves?
When hard lessons have been learned, celebrating that you don't need a helmet or a seat-belt isn't a display of freedom, it is a display of foolishness.
It is worth remembering that the damage and risk isn't confined to an individual.
When it goes wrong, others have to risk their lives to clean up the mess, not to mention the friends and families that must live with the consequences.
You can't live without risk, that is no way to live.
Throwing caution to the wind and hoping for the best isn't the solution either.