Re: 14-year-old to sail solo
Good for Laura.
I’m positive she and her parents are qualified to make the decision.
The lessons she’ll learn that will carry her through the rest of her life are invaluable.
Fuck Richard Bakker and The Board of Child Protection. When they show me they are experienced sailors and know the risks Laura and her parents accepted, then maybe I’ll listen to them.
Re: 14-year-old to sail solo
I personally would have told my 14 year old children "NO". Emphatically.
None of them were ready. Then again, I was 6 when I got my first BB gun, and 8 when I got a .22.
My own children though, weren't ready for anything like that at 14. Sixteen was as soon as bought guns for any of them, and even then, it was only one of them. My daughters weren't interested then either so it was only one son.
On the other hand.. the posts on that site piss me off royally. "Not enough strength" my ass. Worse, "we need to make a law"!
god.
no we don't need a LAW. no more laws
Re: 14-year-old to sail solo
"I'm so happy, just really, really happy,"
Of course you are. It's all about YOU isn't it. You want to do this so to hell with education, YOU get to indulge yourself...until you're plucked out of a capsized vessel 500 miles from the nearest atoll.
Who indulges these fantasies for these kids? I can't imagine.
Furthermore, why does a Dutch court have anything to do with this? Child endangerment? Hopefully she steers clear of pirate waters or she's going to find herself bent over the railing getting ass raped by a bunch of filthy muslim pirates who feed her corpse to the sharks.
This is like that little girl who flew across the US at 7...WHOOPS, nose dived into someone's house. Stop indulging these CHILDREN!
Had I gotten everything I wanted at 14, I'd probably have herpes, chlamydia, syphilis, genital warts, gonorrhea and an exhausted prostate.
Re: 14-year-old to sail solo
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Had I gotten everything I wanted at 14, I'd probably have herpes, chlamydia, syphilis, genital warts, gonorrhea and an exhausted prostate.
So... I take it you're voting AGAINST letting her go?
LOL
Re: 14-year-old to sail solo
This is funnier than the three stooges here. Backstop is all "GO FOR IT". Mal is like "Put a chastity belt on her and stick her ass in skool" and I'm somewhere in the middle.....
I'm tryin' to think, but nothin's happenin'!
Re: 14-year-old to sail solo
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Malsua
Had I gotten everything I wanted at 14, I'd probably have herpes, chlamydia, syphilis, genital warts, gonorrhea and an exhausted prostate.
That gets my vote for funniest post of the day.
Had me laughing.
Re: 14-year-old to sail solo
I was nearly on the floor when I read it. LOL
Re: 14-year-old to sail solo
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Originally Posted by
Malsua
Had I gotten everything I wanted at 14, I'd probably have herpes, chlamydia, syphilis, genital warts, gonorrhea and an exhausted prostate.
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