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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by pipio21 on Monday July 17, 2017 @06:09PM (#14792677)
It is not really that risky. It was just an unfortunate accident. It is probably way riskier to practice road cycling or breathing air in a big city(because of diesel particles pollution).

This man has been doing this for 24 years, if something diving today with him is safer because of the experience he got.

There are extremely risky sports like B.A.S.E, jumpsuit skydiving or freestyle motorbike stunt. This is not that risky.

I have seen a lot of people die in their 50s of cancer after smoking 3 packs a day. You don't see people around telling smokers: You have children, you should not take risks like this.

Even working too much could be riskier than diving caves. A fried of mine is quadriplegic because he felt sleep in the car for working too much.

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by thephyber on Monday July 17, 2017 @06:32PM (#14792788)
> You don't see people around telling smokers: You have children, you should not take risks like this.

Not exactly true.

If you are in the US in a big city in a blue state, politicians and police say that, but for a slightly different reason.

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by 4ad on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:46AM (#14795759)
> politicians and police say that, but for a slightly different reason

So, they don't say that?

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by PhasmaFelis on Monday July 17, 2017 @11:26PM (#14794082)
> You don't see people around telling smokers: You have children, you should not take risks like this.

I absolutely do see that, although it's more often about not exposing your kids to smoke than specifically about saving the parent's life. (Which makes sense if the concern is child welfare, since smoking deaths typically come at an age where most people's kids are full-grown.)

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by 7952 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @08:04AM (#14795811)
But I would guess that the difficulty and risk is an essential part of the attraction. Trying to rationalise that risk away seems to be intellectually dishonest. A small percentage will experience the small risk and cause suffering to family. But for all the rest it was an amazing experience that was worth it. Those two things are not contradictory.
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