Have you often noticed how dare devils and risk takers who die in intense activities like sports are usually regarded as heroes? This weekend Dan Wheldon died in the Indy Race in Las Vegas. When your job consists of being a pilot, a soldier, a mine digger, and other risky work, how do you think people accept the possibility of death? Is it riskier to be a race car driver and killed in a crash or a teacher being shot in a classroom? What is an extreme death? To me, an extreme death is the innocent child with 98% burns in it's body from a war in Iraq he can't escape from, not a sport one can race by chance and risk ones life for speed record books and fun.
I agree with you that the death of a child as a victim of a war he or she is trapped in is much more extreme. Extreme sports athletes are paid substantial amounts of money because of the risk involved and they are made aware that what they are doing can ultimately result in death while these children have no other option.
ReplyDeleteDeath happens to us all, but I feel that how tragic the event is depends on how we can relate to an individual. However Dan could have just not raced that day, that child had no choice in his situation
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