This film seem ok but .....
These risk takers when they hurt themselves fall on society and 
family members. I am thinking of the motorcyclists who refuse to wear 
helmets and many other extreme sports people. I knew a guy who used 
to ride his Harley with his friends and the day was one bar stop 
after another. He fell off his motorcycle and crunched his leg, could 
not work, take care of his children, etc. My life has been adversely 
impacted when I have to pick up the responsibility for a risk taker 
who is hospitalized for doing something basically stupid.
Is it ok to go for the thrill when that can cause many others to lose 
income when they have to take care of things that person can now not 
do? Here in Hawaii they still let children ride in the back of pick 
up trucks. Big wave surfers often are helicoptered to emergency rooms 
at taxpayer expense. I had a boyfriend who used to sky dive. I did 
not feel as a single parent that was something I could do because who 
would take care of the children if something happened to me. I'd 
rather see these dollars spent on people with medical problems 
encountered through no fault of their own, like CP.
That is not to say I do not appreciate that disabled people need more 
access to the world.
I think risk taking is a sign of stress and a symptom that society is 
not fulfilling and adequately engaging its members.  It's going to 
get much worse with this war because traumatized people engage in 
this type of behavior. Just my thoughts.


At 08:25 AM 10/24/2007, you wrote:
>Hi yawl!
>
>Hey check out these to films.  I think this will be some great
>TV!!  I cant find the days-times for these, but I think they're
>on PBS sometime tonight Wednesday.
>
>See ya-Gary
>
>http://www.righttorisk.org/
>
>http://www.teachingsofjon.com/
>
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