“It is the Leftists who are threatened by people of achievement such as Abby and her parents — people who don’t need to wait for state approval for every action, and state funding for every mouthful. It was leftists journalists who first raised the issue of “who is going to pay for the rescue?” “
Oh please. This is too much. Being critical of parents letting a 16yo sail solo around the world is not a stretch - and it doesn’t make a leftist to criticize it. You want a hero/heroine - I get that - but she isn’t one. As the original vanity poster pointed out she had a team of folks behind her - all the electronics and navigation gear at her disposal sat phones, whatever. great. Does it make her exceptional? She got into a box of electronics, talked to her mom every day, when things went wrong she called for help.
It’s interesting, and a voyage for her to remember, but is it really exceptional?
I think the parents were idiots for letting their child sail across treacherous waters of the Indian ocean in the southern hemisphere winter - in a pointless race for the calendar.
Now Mr. Leftist-thought-control freak, Do you think it is cheap to equip an A330 for a search mission? It’s a fair question - who pays - you can bet somebody pays. Oh, Mr. Lectury Leftist thinks that “government” pays for everything. Nobody said she shouldn’t be rescued. Idiots are rescued every day from themselves. I don’t blame the kid, but the parents certainly are idiots for sending their daughter on a pointless race against the calendar.
The vanity poster and you can have your opinions same as everyone else - but save the tantrums when someone disagrees with your ridiculous sanctimony.
The kid may be something special, who knows - but she is just like most 16 year olds - she’s never sailed around the world. So what? Most kids don’t have a sailboat, or “yacht” - so what? Some kids are homeschooled some are not - so what?
Yet YOU throw the term “leftist” around?
You should restate your incoherent point.
Mine is:
#1. Parents are idiots for putting their daughter in jeopardy.
#2. A kid with a box of electronics can do things that seem amazing, but doesn’t necessarily make them exceptional
Bravo I say, and Bravo I say again, to this magnificent young lady and to her parents for giving the world such a child.