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Likwid, I'm not ignorant, nor am I stupid. I'd be more than hapy to trade wits with you in any manner you wish.
I'm glad you didn't get hurt when you were doing those things at 16. However, if you think that means anything at all about the recklessness of other kids sailing around the world solo, you are the one who is ignorant and stupid. My grandfather smoked 2 packs a day, and lived to be 100. Does that mean cigarettes aren't dangerous? Just because YOU got through something unscathed, doesn't mean it's not asenine for someone else to attempt it. Try taking statistics 101, you can't draw conculsions from one observation.
And I'm equally critical of anyone who would allow a young teenager to climb Everest. This post was about sailing around the world, so I'm sorry I didn't mention every other idiotic thing some dumb parents let their kids do, like climbing everest, flying solo around the world, doing deepwater freedive competitions, etc...
This kid should have been thinking about the prom, going to pop concerts, going on dates, and otherwise driving her parents crazy the way teenagers do. She had a whole life ahead of her, presumably snuffed out because her parents were grotesquely negligent in keeping her safe, which is the first and foremost job of any parent.
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