If there had been 19 fatalities in paddling competitions I think there would be an outcry. All of the paddling fatalities this year have been recreational. A better analogy might be between the 19 paddling fatalities and the thousands of vehicle fatalities. When you run down to Wal Mart in your car do you: wear your helmet, a five point harness, have a full fire suppression system in the car, have some degree of trust in the other drivers, etc. etc. As any drive across town will demonstrate, there are many drivers poorly equipped by training, experience and equipment, unfortunately the same problem exists in our sport. > Believe me, if there had been 18 fatalities in motorsports in the same > half-season, I suspect that there would be an incredible outcry about the > auto racing being a blood sport with complaints that it ought to be outlawed > etc. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 22 2002 - 10:56:15 PDT
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