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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
How about everyone that does something risky that accomplishes nothing should be punished? What in the world would change if she actually made it? What suffering would be alleviated? What contribution to mankind would be made? What of any use would come from a 16 year old sailing around the world?
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Exactly. It's not like she was flying to Mars and advancing "science", or, to use a better comparison, sailing in an ancient vessel to prove theories about human migration, a la Thor Hejerdal...