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Jul 9, 2011, 4:42 PM

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Re: [kikitastrophe] Free Solo Accident at the New in WV?
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kikitastrophe wrote:
This was poor judgement on his part, but can we move forward and take something from this:

Would you stop someone from free-soloing if you noticed that they were intoxicated? Would you try and stop them/call authorities to try and prevent this kind of accident?

I'm not trying to suggest that anyone at the Bridge could of stopped this particular incident (I wasn't there, so I have no idea how obvious it was that he was intoxicated), but I also wonder if I'd be willing to intervene before an accident happened or if I'd just look the other way/leave. Maybe we should be better at policing ourselves before something like this brings down outside regulation (area closures, etc.)

Well, when it comes to someone getting behind the wheel while intoxicated, I would say there is a moral obligation to intervene because they are endangering far more than than their own life & limb. That was not the case here and I've never been one to agree with the notion that I am so obliged to save someone from themselves. I surely understand why people struggle with the idea of standing idly by and I know many would be incapable of doing so, but I do not think there is a moral imperative at play in such a situation as this.


(This post was edited by notapplicable on Jul 9, 2011, 4:43 PM)



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