[Coop]

You're comparing "Navy Skydivers" to "Somebody tied to the back of a tractor".

If you wish to twist it, you're welcome to. I'm comparing two people, each doing an event with some risk, finding themselves caught up in unexpected, powerful forces of nature.

Yet people here are falling all over themselves to lump this young man in with goobers using Bic lighters to peer down gas tanks or surfing atop SUVs at highway speed. I really don't see the comparison.

[KeepUSfree]

No, you are trying to compare people who MUST take risks during training and put their lives on the line to defend our country to "somebody who tied themselves to the back of a tractor for the fun of it".

That's like comparing a soldier who gets killed in a jeep during training excercises to somebody who drives their jeep too fast and hits a tree. Even if they were doing the EXACT same thing....the soldiers "had a purpose".

In addition, those navy skydivers did NOT make the call themselves. They were ordered by a commanding officer.

The guy on the tractor CHOSE to tie himself to the tractor.

No matter how you slice it - tractor guy was stupid. Outcome pretty much proves it.