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From: ginge on 26 Nov 2009 13:38 Oh my god, people putting their own lives at risk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm I honestly don't see what the problem is, after all it *should* be their choice to take such a risk.
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 26 Nov 2009 13:43 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ginge <the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> typed > >Oh my god, people putting their own lives at risk. > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm > >I honestly don't see what the problem is, after all it *should* be >their choice to take such a risk. Just so. With a clear understanding that if it all goes pear-shaped, *no one* is coming in after you, you're on your own. I'd give it a go, in their place. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: Sean_Q_ on 26 Nov 2009 14:00 ginge wrote: > Oh my god, people putting their own lives at risk. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm The authorities seem very slow dealing with the problem considering that the Viet Cong repaired bombed bridges on the Ho Chi Minh Trail overnight. SQ
From: Andy Bonwick on 26 Nov 2009 14:04 On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:43:15 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ginge ><the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> typed >> >>Oh my god, people putting their own lives at risk. >> >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm >> >>I honestly don't see what the problem is, after all it *should* be >>their choice to take such a risk. > >Just so. With a clear understanding that if it all goes pear-shaped, *no >one* is coming in after you, you're on your own. > It's easy to say nobody would try to save them or go searching for the bodies but the reality is that rescue teams would feel obliged to do so. >I'd give it a go, in their place. So would I if I was faced with getting out of bed an hour earlier to go to work. The army should blow the bridges up and be done with it.
From: des popping in on 26 Nov 2009 14:08
On 2009-11-26, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:43:15 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel ><wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >>Just so. With a clear understanding that if it all goes pear-shaped, *no >>one* is coming in after you, you're on your own. >> > It's easy to say nobody would try to save them or go searching for the > bodies but the reality is that rescue teams would feel obliged to do > so. I also suspect that despite the _de rigeur_ RTB bravado, WUN would be mightily pissed off if he did need help, and no one came. |