Eh. There’s a reason why I evoked the spirit of Super Chicken in this thread:
“You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.”
Stunt performers, military truck drivers in country, fighter pilots, roughnecks on oil rigs, prizefighters, heads of state, and Evel Knievel balance their professional goals (profit, glory, hard-ons, whatever) against the sometimes-lethal dangers of their chosen profession. Often, with high reward comes high risk.
If someone wants to flip a coin with $10 million on one side and instant death on the other, that really doesn’t bother me. I doubt I’d take that risk myself, but I also work in a pretty safe job and have no daredevil tendencies to speak of anyway.
I’m no Libertarian, but I’m at least that much of a libertarian.
