The Boxer

[GoldenRivet]

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?