Fear of death or injury

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So here's an issue ripped straight from today's headlines: a couple with two toddlers spent their lives on their sailboat, cruising from port to port. They were on course across the Pacific with the youngsters when their boat sank. They got off the boat in their inflatable and were rescued by the Coast Guards.

People are ripping into the couple for "recklessly endangering" the lives of the youngsters by taking them sailing! Many people are saying they should be charged the cost of the CG rescue. I find both of those ideas to be ridiculous. The kids I met who were with cruising families were smart, happy, well-educated, and were loving life. Not everybody has to live in a suburban house and drive an SUV tank to raise their kids safely.

AMEN Spaceman!