Tourist dies after jet blast fall at St Maarten's Princess Juliana airport
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There is a lack of respect towards this poor woman I think. Regardless of her decision to do what thousands of others have ... she has a family and people are mourning.
If my mother were to die, I'm not sure I'd appreciate some of the comments posted here that are being directed towards her.
If my mother were to die, I'm not sure I'd appreciate some of the comments posted here that are being directed towards her.
There is a lack of respect towards this poor woman I think. Regardless of her decision to do what thousands of others have ... she has a family and people are mourning.
If my mother were to die, I'm not sure I'd appreciate some of the comments posted here that are being directed towards her.
If my mother were to die, I'm not sure I'd appreciate some of the comments posted here that are being directed towards her.
And I think it is fair to assume that she has seen others do it so it must be OK.
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Seriously, is that how you would gauge danger? I've been there and have watched several hundreds of people doing it over a period of days. Yet it never entered my mind for a second to do something so damn dangerous!
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I might not be perfect, but I am surely not stupid
Well said Momo95. Many posters here seem completely caught up in a bubble of aviation, so as to have lost touch with their humanity.
It's something I've seen over the years following this website. The sheer contempt shown towards the poor morons who aren't cognizant of the intricacies of your world.
Heaven forbid one day you discover you are far from perfect.
It's something I've seen over the years following this website. The sheer contempt shown towards the poor morons who aren't cognizant of the intricacies of your world.
Heaven forbid one day you discover you are far from perfect.
I have been to this location more than once. Not one time did I feel the need to do something stupid because I saw someone else doing it. Stupid things happen to people that do stupid things. Sometimes they live to be stupid another day, sometime they bash their heads on a concrete lane divider and die. That's life.
There is a lack of respect towards this poor woman I think. Regardless of her decision to do what thousands of others have ... she has a family and people are mourning.
If my mother were to die, I'm not sure I'd appreciate some of the comments posted here that are being directed towards her.
If my mother were to die, I'm not sure I'd appreciate some of the comments posted here that are being directed towards her.
Basically it's one of "Lessons Learned" or; "there but for the grace of God .... "
Good point. Hydraulically retractable then?
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Oh dear. A significant number of the dreaded health and safety types lurking here.
As said in an earlier post, if stupid people choose to do stupid things no amount of nanny regulation will change it.
Darwinism has its place.
As said in an earlier post, if stupid people choose to do stupid things no amount of nanny regulation will change it.
Darwinism has its place.
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Put it in context
Standing at that fence, or trying to hang onto that fence while an aircraft is taking off, is like a lot of other activities in which there's a risk you'll fall or be knocked down. Like skateboarding, rock climbing, trail bike riding, skiing, etc.
99% of the time when one falls, one picks up, dusts off, and moves on. Occasionally one gets a bruise, sprain, or broken bone. Or a knock on the head and a concussion. With extreme rarity, the knock on the head can be fatal, as it appears to have been in this case.
It can even happen stepping off a curb hailing a taxi.
Is it "stupid" to try to hang onto that fence behind a jet? I dunno, how much value do you get from the fun / thrill / Instagram video relative to the risk? Is it "stupid" to go skiing, rock climbing, trail bike riding?
Nobody can really answer that question for anyone else. It's only stupid if you don't understand the risks or choose not to think about them.
99% of the time when one falls, one picks up, dusts off, and moves on. Occasionally one gets a bruise, sprain, or broken bone. Or a knock on the head and a concussion. With extreme rarity, the knock on the head can be fatal, as it appears to have been in this case.
It can even happen stepping off a curb hailing a taxi.
Is it "stupid" to try to hang onto that fence behind a jet? I dunno, how much value do you get from the fun / thrill / Instagram video relative to the risk? Is it "stupid" to go skiing, rock climbing, trail bike riding?
Nobody can really answer that question for anyone else. It's only stupid if you don't understand the risks or choose not to think about them.
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I have been to this location more than once. Not one time did I feel the need to do something stupid because I saw someone else doing it. Stupid things happen to people that do stupid things. Sometimes they live to be stupid another day, sometime they bash their heads on a concrete lane divider and die. That's life.
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Gauges and Dials, There's an element of risk in EVERYTHING we do in our daily lives. Many of these risks are beyond our control, but just as many are within our control. One could decide to stay in one's house and never venture out and one would still not be safe. It's down to personal assessment. Some assess differently to others, sometimes out of pure ignorance and sometimes because foolishly they think it "can't happen to me".
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Do F1 race car drivers and motorcyclists qualify as idiots?...or are they risk takers who love the thrill of speed? Everyday life has inherent risks. Everyday life can also be boring. Enough of this "Darwin Awards" crap.
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How much must we spend to protect people from themselves? What is the value of education if people knowingly place themselves in harm's way and then pay the price when the hazard they knew existed beforehand then manifests itself? It is tragic somebody had lost their life attempting to have fun but this is life. I will also suggest that in order to really live you must have the possibiliy of an untimely death nearby. So let's just accept this was an un-intended own goal and learn from it. If not, we must must start a debate as to when we should be killed or be prevented from having children in case they die. If not, what do we do about old age?