So what? Whenever anyone dies someone has to deal with the body. Someone has to clean up the garbage we create every day, and they usually get paid for it.
Well, how about the possibility of the falling in the middle of a crowd? Should people be exposed to an exploding person raining from a skyscraper out of nowhere, long as the climber died doing what he/she loved? It would definitely ruin my day and possibly scar some people.
That possibility is so miniscule it's not worth worrying about. If you love driving fast, you are exposing everyone around you to the possibility that you make a mistake and kill someone else. Don't see how this is any different, except for the fact that it's so rare it's more of a curiosity than anything else.
This is a much better argument than the former, however this risk is inconsistent with the much more imminent risks we face every day which have been deemed acceptable to society.
Should people not be able to fly airplanes for pleasure?
You have to be licensed to fly an airplane. You have to log a flight plan. I'm not an expert in aviation but I imagine if your flight plan includes something excessively risky that endangers the lives of yourself or others, someone is going to question it.
Flight plans are essentially like driving directions, just a bit more involved. They don’t however include things like “I plan to do barrel rolls”, or “I’m going to fly inverted”, or “I’m going to bank beyond the limits of my air frame and possibly sheer off the wings”, the risky/stupid equivalent to what this guy did.
>> If the person dies doing something they love, who are we to judge?
"We" are a society who has decided, according to our morals, that preventable loss of life is tragic and we should do everything in our power to avoid it.
And why is that "judging"? The point is not to bestow some moral value on the person putting themselves in mortal dagner for "something they love". It is, rather, to stop them from needlessly and pointlessly killing themselves while at it.
Your comment expresses a certain view, that looking into others' lives and forming opinions about their choices is somehow morally wrong. An alternative view is that it's the responsible thing to do, when one lives in common with other people.
> It is, rather, to stop them from needlessly and pointlessly killing themselves while at it.
Bringing in morals is a slippery slope. Where do you draw the line then?
Based on the number of times he did this is done before dying, I’d say he’s got say a 1 in 100 chance of death.
Sky divers have to sign forms repeatedly at drop zones that they understand dying is a very real risk and it’s a 1 in 20000 risk of death. For BASE jumping, risks are even higher. Should skydiving be banned too because ”preventable loss of life is tragic”?
What about car racing?
What about rock climbing?
What about <insert one of a hundred other risky “sports”>?