I agree they should have the right - im not saying they shouldn't have the right to box, or bungee jump, or play Russian roulette.
I'm just saying that in my opinion - a lot of that stuff seems foolish.
perhaps i have far too great an instinct at "self preservation"
perhaps it comes with my job of being a professional pilot and flight instructor... my job is to ask myself before every flight "what can i do to prevent my passengers and myself from getting injured or killed today?"
I have only been in a few fist fights in my life.
won a couple - lost a couple - but it certainly is not something i would intentionally climb into a ring and do before an audience.
take another example
motocross racer Jeremy Lusk... he had barely started living his adult life when he was killed during a motocross jump.
I wont call the man stupid - apparently he was doing what he loved to do - however - i will say that you wouldnt find my arse whirling 50 feet through the air upside down, holding on with one hand on a dirt bike.
life is risky business.
I agree with you guys that if you don't live your life - it is wasted.
but if you live it so hard as to die in your early 20's... is that not also a waste?
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