Reply #24: That was along the lines of my thoughts [View All]

[drmeow]

In a way this reflects the general mindset we have of privatizing the positive and socializing the negative. With the economy its privatizing the profits, socializing the risks. With stuff like this it privatizing the glory/fame and socializing the risk. If you want to be able to say "look at me - I challenged the odds and set records" when you succeed that's fine - go for it. But when things go wrong, you need to pay the costs of it going wrong.

I'm glad she's alive - but this is 100% her responsibility. That makes rescuing her 100% her responsibility as well.

I think before anyone should be allowed to do this, they should have to post a bond against the need to rescue them. If they succeed without needing to be rescued - they get the money back. If they don't, it doesn't come out of my or anyone's tax dollars.