Posted on 06/12/2010 9:51:14 AM PDT by Talisker
Where is the link to this article?
And how much aussie taxpayer money and effort went to her “rescue”?
No...she is a child and has no business alone on the high seas...as evidenced.
Try some decaf.
Your brain inside out, didn’t help.
If Abby is your litmus test, you need to get out more.
The Abby threads are almost like the Crevo threads.
Liked this post and have made posts about how many of our soldiers in this nation’s history have been 16. And how many parents hand their “children” a vehicle and cell phone and send them out on the road with us all. Somehow these “children” are responsible when they have not shown anyone they are, and this young girl DOES show she is and is slammed for it.
Very sad.
Wow you’ve been here for less than 2 years and think a vanity like this in breaking news is good?
Wha? You mean piloting an account on FR and critiquing doers is not living life to its fullest?!?!?!?
So that she needed rescuing in a dangerous situation is confirmation she is a ‘child’ and had no business out alone?
I had no idea that Amelia Earhart was child! Or maybe it was just unfortunate circumstances and her age had not much to do with it.
Bingo.
“And how much aussie taxpayer money and effort went to her “rescue”?”
Even an older, more experienced captain can get into trouble on the sea. Should we only rescue those over a certain age limit?
That said, there is no doubt that this young lady conducted herself admirably, and I am very glad she is alive. It is also natural to ask whether the trip was appropriate.
Oh yeah? Here’s my theory.
Her parents though that putting her on a boat 1000 miles from the nearest male was likely to be more effective than a chastity belt.
So there.
I see some of your points, but there was no need to be insulting and offensive towards those who disagree.
You may also have pointed out that another 16 year old did make it around the world.
Australian Teen Becomes Youngest Person to Sail Solo Around the World
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/15/australian-teen-youngest-person-sail-world/
May 15: Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson waves as she sails past the finish line at the entrance to Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia, capping off a nearly 23,000 nautical miles voyage.
A 16-year-old Australian who spent seven months at sea in her pink yacht sailed across the finish line of her round-the-world journey Saturday, becoming the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, nonstop and unassisted.
Watson, from Buderim, north of Brisbane in Queensland state, sailed out of Sydney on Oct. 18 despite protests by critics that she was too immature and inexperienced for the treacherous journey. Her parents maintained that she was well-prepared and noted she has been sailing since the age of 8.
When it comes to someone like Abby -- home-schooled, born-again Christian and probably conservative, intelligent, motivated, skilled -- then the reporters become born-again budget hawks, fretting so, lamenting so pitiably, about the funding for the rescue effort. These same reporters never had qualms about billions and trillions being shoved down socialistic rat-holes. Billions for welfare, but not one cent for achievement!
Bravo I say, and Bravo I say again, to this magnificent young lady and to her parents for giving the world such a child.
Post. of. the. day.
Great post, thank you.
I admit, I hadn’t thought it through to that point. I have stayed off the Abby threads because of all the silly, impotent indignation that is typical for *some* Freepers.
I hope that it least makes some of them think. I doubt it will though. LOL.
Well and truly said.
What if there were more like Abby? We should be so lucky.
Thousands of girls her age are going to die in wasted, pointless ways... if only they had a little bit of what this girl has, they might not.
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