Im sure you've heard by now about the teen sailor whose gone missing somewhere in the ocean, and her family is trying desperately to find her. Honestly, I cant say I feel sorry for her. She brought this on herself, her family will defend her calling her a hero and a brave soul, but deep down they know what she was doing was downright ridiculous. As I write this they are preparing a rescue effort, valuable tax payers money going to waste in search of someone who thought it would be a good idea to break a record. Thoughts? http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/10/teen-sailor-missing-at-sea/
Posted at 2:09 p.m. ET] A teenage girl attempting to sail solo around the world has gone missing after sending out distress signals in the Indian Ocean, according to a CNN affiliate in her hometown. Article
yeah she brought this on herself. brave yes. hero... no.
There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity, and it seems like she may have crossed it. Either way, I do feel bad for her. As with most troubled kids these days, I blame the parents.
What is wrong with you guys? Yes, she did something stupid but yes I feel bad for her if something bad has happened. I do not wish for death on anyone, no matter how foolish they could be.
dumbass parents, and i cant say anything about the girl other than her sailing alone is really retardedly stupid cuz we dont know wtf happened... they should look for her for like max a week or so and then give up if they want, but i dont think they should waste that money, no, infact... why dont the parents pay for the search?
So 'we' no longer feel sorry for people that do things that could be dangerous -someone that has a mountain climbing accident -someone that gets hurt playing football -someone driving a race car -etc. Her parents should not have allowed this, but that does not change the fact that a life was (probably) lost, and a family has lost a daughter
What is wrong with you guys? Yes, she did something stupid but yes I feel bad for her if something bad has happened. I do not wish for death on anyone, no matter how foolish they could be.Avistann
No one here is wishing death onto her. Most have accepted that she is already dead. This is not something you can really feel bad about. She stood up, got on a boat, and set sail on her own to break a world record. Now, most chances are she is gone. Sailing around the world alone has a higher probability of death than success. Anyone who has done it would agree, even when they have 1000x more money to put into safeguards than this girl and her parents.
nah, you only live once, id rather go out a hero personally... i bet she doesn't regret it.
gamedude2020
Yea well from the comments ive been reading on CNN, ABC, and Yahoo the majority of people dont have an ounce of sympathy towards her. Im sure the Media will play this up and Obama will give a speech, but goddamn, this whole thing nowadays where everyone is special and can achieve whatever they want is just insane to me. Someone at some point should have pulled her aside and talked with her, something her parents obviously did not do.
I don't know about you guys, but if I chose to go sailing alone, I would make DAMN sure there was some way you could locate me. We live in a pretty advanced age, I'm sure theres some kind of device or doohickey that you can at least carry with you or on you that can tell people where you are.
[QUOTE="Allicrombie"]I feel sorry for her and the parents.jubino
That's true. Even though we can sit here and blame them all we want, I'm sure they're beating themselves up twice as hard. I can't imagine the grief. o the poor parents having to live with the fact that they killed their own daughter. poor poor parents. (sarcasm)
I don't know about you guys, but if I chose to go sailing alone, I would make DAMN sure there was some way you could locate me. We live in a pretty advanced age, I'm sure theres some kind of device or doohickey that you can at least carry with you or on you that can tell people where you are.
-TheSecondSign-
In the middle of the open ocean the time she got off a distress call she could have already be gone. Go in the middle of the great lakes. The waters are violent at times. The boat can be considered a makeshift raft compared to the technology used by the rich folks who have achieved this. They should have gone with her, if she had to go, but she wanted to do it alone. So with high chance that it happened, she died alone.
I feel bad for her, but what were the parents thinking? Letting her doing this alone and not having a way to locate her if something like this happens.
I feel bad for her, but what were the parents thinking? Letting her doing this alone and not having a way to locate her if something like this happens.
Wanderer5
Well it was the parents themselves that didn't want to do this but the entire country backed the girl saying it was her legal rights bla bla bla, so its not the parents idea, they didnt want it to happen in the first place
What is wrong with you guys? Yes, she did something stupid but yes I feel bad for her if something bad has happened. I do not wish for death on anyone, no matter how foolish they could be.Avistann
While this is happening there are millions starving to death or suffering from easilly treatable diseases throughout the world..
[QUOTE="Avistann"]What is wrong with you guys? Yes, she did something stupid but yes I feel bad for her if something bad has happened. I do not wish for death on anyone, no matter how foolish they could be.sSubZerOo
While this is happening there are millions starving to death or suffering from easilly treatable diseases throughout the world..
Yeah, but how many of them are cute, wealthy, and blonde?
[QUOTE="rawsavon"]So 'we' no longer feel sorry for people that do things that could be dangerous -someone that has a mountain climbing accident -someone that gets hurt playing football -someone driving a race car -etc. Her parents should not have allowed this, but that does not change the fact that a life was (probably) lost, and a family has lost a daughter I completely agree with this. ...
for **** sake shes human you dont feel sorry for a human? if she killed someone fine but for god shes a teenager how many teenagers have done something stupid that could kill them I know theres a line between stupidity and bravity but even so she human and imprefect though this is GS the home of the prefect person
And how is she a "hero"? 
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