So I am at the airport getting ready for a flight and I hear a few guys I know pretty well hammering on an individual we all knew who disappeared while trophy hunting in Siberia. Never one to miss a chance to play the devils advocate I say "Yes he slid off a mountain and got himself killed, widowed the Mrs., broke his company(he was true key man), left his three kids without a father, but at least he died doing what he loved." After the firestorm of responses dies down I calmly point out the times I have seen each and every one of the respondents fly in situations or conditions that are highly suspect. Except for a few lame arguments starting with, "yeah, but", and "but that was different" Things got quiet fast. So the questions remain:
1)If you get yourself killed in an aviation accident thereby depriving your spouse and children of future companionship, encouragement, and income is that better, worse, or same versus say disappearing with an exotic dancer and refusing to provide companionship, encouragement, and income?
2)Even more fundamentally if you have dependents do you forfeit the right to risk your own life on doing what you love?
What say you good sirs?
1)If you get yourself killed in an aviation accident thereby depriving your spouse and children of future companionship, encouragement, and income is that better, worse, or same versus say disappearing with an exotic dancer and refusing to provide companionship, encouragement, and income?
2)Even more fundamentally if you have dependents do you forfeit the right to risk your own life on doing what you love?
What say you good sirs?