Also:
- There are gradations of splat. He could be horribly injured, at vast expense (presumably to his insurer, meaning other policyholders, or to the state), and taking resources from other patients.
- In the event of such a tragedy there’s the psychological trauma of onlookers, not just some person so unlucky as to be directly in his path.
- And, again, I’m far more worried about imitators, who might not be so well prepared or trained as this fellow, or might feel the need to one-up his feats to gain attention.
I’m not opposed to risky activities; I’m not saying everyone who injures themselves being a daredevil is a bad person or anything. But I am calling for sensible precautions. Someone who gets lost hiking deserves a rescue, but if they were improperly equipped, had no usable communications gear, etcetera, they’re an assh0le (while still being an assh0le deserving of a rescue). Similarly, this guy does his stunts without a safety harness because he, too, is an assh0le. And he shouldn’t be praised, encouraged, or even paid the attention he seeks.
