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Looks interesting but do you really think it's a significant thing to do?

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tinear

In Reply to: RE: I can't wait to see this film ("Man On Wire") posted by sjb on July 30, 2008 at 08:52:03

Sure, it takes bravery but... I don't know. Seems a bit pointless?
Mother Teresa and those that work with seriously ill people with infectious diseases risk their lives for serious reasons, humanistic ones. This guy?
Pure ego.
Fun, daring, but.... worthy of this kind of idolatry? Worth several hours of your time to watch a guy plan and walk a wire between a couple of buildings?
Base jumpers do similar stuff everyday as do ice climbers.
If they die during these exercises, where's the pathos?
(Spoilsport, I know.......)

Follow Ups:

LOL! By that standard we wouldn't watch (or do) most things. - sjb 08:12:11 08/01/08 (1)
We certainly wouldn't waste 7 hours watching the Wimbeldon finals. And how could you waste time typing messages on the internet when you could be caring for lepers.

What he did isn't at all like basejumping. You or I could do that. We could never do what he did... and very few people who've ever lived could have done it.

So the answer to the question of why watch it? Is it significant? is... The uniqueness of the talent, the event and the level of Human spirit.

"You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
- I don't know who'll win Wimbledon. I know the guy lived. Plus.... - tinear 14:13:22 08/02/08 (0)
  watching a guy walk a wire? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
  Defeat another guy in a competition?
  Fascinating.

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