[jacquesm]

No, I think you let your knowledge of cave diving cloud your vision: this is dangerous, and to enter that situation willingly is brave.

You can make it sound like it isn't by hauling in everything and the kitchen sink in terms of technology but that does not change the ground rules.

In the meantime, with all your knowledge and background you're armchair quarterbacking a rescue operation that is most likely doing what can be done given the tools at hand.

So the people that are doing this are doing it because they feel they have to, because they feel the lives of those kids matter to them even if they have only potential downside for themselves.

That we are even having this discussion is beyond bizarre.

[A_Person]

You said the brits were risking their lives. I said they weren't, at least to the extent that you believed - and explained why in exhaustive detail. But you disagree, based on qualifications and experience that could roughly be described as: zero. I'll speak to doctors Dunning & Kruger and see if they can fit you in next week for a chat.

[dang]

Please don't do flamewars on HN, and especially please don't be uncivil and personally nasty.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Edit: it looks like you've been making a habit of being uncivil to other commenters on HN (for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17435527). We ban accounts that can't or won't stop doing this, so would you please not do it anymore?

[A_Person]

Apparently you don't read replies to your posts. So I'll email this as well as posting it here for the record. I have automatic copyright to all the posts that I've made to this forum. I now request you to delete all those posts, or at least edit them all to "XXX" (or similar), by close of business on Friday 20 July your time. If that does not occur, I'll engage local US representation to pursue that issue on my behalf. Thanks in anticipation

[A_Person]

Obviously we have different ideas about what constitutes intelligent argument. Please delete my account. If you need a formal request to that effect, say here how to submit that.