13-year-old wants to sail around the globe

[The Mercenary]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090905/ap_on_sp_ot/sai_netherlands_young_sailor

 

[Sheriff-murder]

No idea how to reply to this. 

 

[Úlfheðinn]

Why not?

 

[Illyrius]

I thought her parents supported her?
Or maybe the news here are all wrong.

 

[Swadius 2.0]

Some people have too much time and too much money.

 

[Tercero]

She is taking a big risk... but if they say she can and she wants to do it, i wouldn't stop her... but i understand the view of her mother...

for swadius: agree

 

[Sheriff-murder]

Why not?

I just couldn't see the point if making news about "A child wants to travel the world. Her mother says no."

 

[Seff]

All the 13 year olds I've met would be drastically changed by doing something like that - I suspect her mother is right.

 

[FrisianDude]

Yeah, bloody retarded business. Anyway, I thought the mother supported her and that child protection service and stuff was against it? That's how I keep hearing it here. She's legally obliged to attend school.

 

[Tercero]

I think if someone is speciall (c'mon, you've met a lot of 13 year old but ehy wont ever go sailing around the globe) i would make an exception!

 

[Illyrius]

Yeah, bloody retarded business. Anyway, I thought the mother supported her and that child protection service and stuff was against it? That's how I keep hearing it here. She's legally obliged to attend school.

I heard the same. They even threatened to take her away from her parents.

 

[Zakuno2]

Why would you want to sail around the world on your own. Two years of seeing a lot of jack ****.

 

[Tercero]

world record?

 

[Bulle]

I'd say go for it, but if it was my daughter I wouldn't let her do that at all.

 

[Temujin]

Yeah, bloody retarded business. Anyway, I thought the mother supported her and that child protection service and stuff was against it? That's how I keep hearing it here. She's legally obliged to attend school.

Yep, the parents support her, child services want to have her taken away from the parents

 

[Cirdan]

She should just sneak out of the country--unless I'm wrong, once she's out of the territorial waters she's in the clear, as long as she isn't flying a Dutch flag (which would subject her ship to Dutch law). I doubt you could consider her hostis humani generis for running away from child protection services 

 

[Ambalon]

I hope that if she does it, she drowns in the middle of the ocean, because this is a stupid idea. If she was a grown up, whatever, but she's ****ing 13.

 

[The Elusive Mr. Hunt]

Err? You hope she drowns just cause you dont approve of the idea? Nice.

 

[Ambalon]

Err? You hope she drowns just cause you dont approve of the idea? Nice.

No, I hope she drowns because we already have too many stupid people in this world. I don't approve of the idea because it's stupid, not because I just don't like it.

 

[MaHuD]

Thankfully the judge said no for now.
If she was allowed, I was going to write a letter and ask permission to do the thing I am good at; Celebrating Vacation...
If she was allowed, everyone should have been allowed to, no exceptions. We are all equal on that matter.