| said by Harddrive:BASE jumpers aren't necessarily concerned about 'safety'. True, but this is slightly different. It's one thing to do something dangerous, with a risk of dying, but, if you don't do the thing that kills you, then you're OK. And that'd be the case here if it weren't for all that radiation. Whether this idiot realizes it or not, he got a huge dose, possibly a lethal one. It might not kill him right now, but I'd be willing to bet that his chances of getting cancer just went off the charts.
It's one thing to be willing to take risks, but if you're going to do that, then at least know the risks you're about to take. And, as far as I'm concerned, there wasn't a _risk_ of him getting cooked. It was almost a certainty, and, unless those transmitters had been off at the time, it happened. To me, that's just plain idiotic. |
