[angersock]

You know, I'm quite sure those same arguments were made to the early explorers of the New World, back to the nutty Vikings and others.

[thisGuysAccount]

Even as recently as mass immigration to America. People who got on the boats across the Atlantic weren't coming back, and communication was slow.

Some people just want to go.

[wvenable]

I'm pretty sure the New World was actually habitable.