IT IS TRUE THAT THERE IS WIDESPREAD CONCERN OVER THE PRACTICE OF EXTREME SPORTS, TO THE EXTENT THAT SOME PEOPLE ARGUE THAT THEY SHOULD BE OUTLAWED BY GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION. WHILE NOBODY SHOULD UNDERESTIMATE THE RISKS, I WOULD ARGUE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE FREE TO PRACTICE SUCH SPORTS IF THEY SO WISH.
ON THE ONE HAND, CRITICS OF DANGEROUS SPORTS GIVE STRONG REASONS WHY GOVERNMENTS SHOULD IMPOSE AN OFFICIAL BAN ON SUCH ACTIVITIES. FIRSTLY, THEY ARGUE THAT SUCH A MEASURE IS NECESSARY ON SAFETY GROUNDS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHERE MEMBERS OF RESCUE SERVICES HAVE HAD TO PUT THEIR OWN LIVES AT RISK TO SAVE EXTREME SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS WHO ARE IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS. SECONDLY, IT IS NECESSARY AT TIMES TO INFRINGE ON PERSONAL FREEDOMS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO LACK THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE OR WHO ARE NOT IN THE PEAK OF PHYSICAL CONDITION SOMETIMES TAKE UP DANGEROUS SPORTS. SUCH IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR CAN ONLY BE PREVENTED BY BANNING THESE SPORTS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I CONCUR WITH THOSE WHO ARGUE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE FREE TO DO EXTREME SPORTS, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE IT IS NECESSARY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ABIDE BY THE SAFETY RULES. ONE REASON IS THAT THE IMPOSITION OF SENSIBLE SAFETY MEASURES HAS BEEN PROVEN TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES. FOR EXAMPLE, ALL SPORTS WHICH CARRY A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT OF DANGER, SUCH AS SCUBA DIVING OR PARAGLIDING SHOULD BE
SUPERVISED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR. ANOTHER FACTOR IS THAT THERE IS NOW A RANGE OF ESSENTIAL SPORTS GEAR TO PROTECT THOSE WHO PRACTICE DANGEROUS SPORTS. SUCH EQUIPMENT RANGES FROM SAFETY ROPES AND HELMETS TO WATER-RESISTANT CLOTHING.
IN CONCLUSION, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT DANGEROUS SPORTS SHOULD BE PERMITTED, ALTHOUGH THOSE WHO TAKE PART HAVE A RESPONSIBILTY TO ADHERE TO THE RECOMMENDED SAFETY PROCEDURES.
IT IS TRUE THAT THERE IS WIDESPREAD CONCERN OVER THE PRACTICE OF EXTREME
SPORTS
, TO THE EXTENT THAT
SOME
PEOPLE
ARGUE
THAT THEY SHOULD
BE OUTLAWED
BY
GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATION. WHILE NOBODY SHOULD UNDERESTIMATE THE
RISKS
, I WOULD
ARGUE
THAT
PEOPLE
SHOULD BE FREE TO PRACTICE SUCH
SPORTS
IF THEY
SO
WISH.
ON THE ONE HAND, CRITICS OF
DANGEROUS
SPORTS
GIVE STRONG REASONS WHY
GOVERNMENTS
SHOULD IMPOSE AN OFFICIAL BAN ON SUCH ACTIVITIES.
FIRSTLY
, THEY
ARGUE
THAT SUCH A MEASURE IS
NECESSARY
ON
SAFETY
GROUNDS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHERE MEMBERS OF RESCUE SERVICES HAVE HAD TO PUT THEIR
OWN
LIVES
AT
RISK
TO SAVE EXTREME
SPORTS
ENTHUSIASTS
WHO
ARE IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS.
SECONDLY
, IT IS
NECESSARY
AT TIMES TO INFRINGE ON PERSONAL FREEDOMS
BECAUSE
PEOPLE
WHO
LACK THE
NECESSARY
EXPERIENCE OR
WHO
ARE NOT IN THE PEAK OF PHYSICAL CONDITION
SOMETIMES
TAKE UP
DANGEROUS
SPORTS
. SUCH IRRESPONSIBLE
BEHAVIOUR
CAN
ONLY
BE
PREVENTED
BY BANNING THESE SPORTS.
ON THE OTHER HAND
, I CONCUR WITH THOSE
WHO
ARGUE
THAT
PEOPLE
SHOULD BE FREE TO DO EXTREME
SPORTS
, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE IT IS
NECESSARY
FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ABIDE BY THE
SAFETY
RULES
. ONE REASON IS THAT THE IMPOSITION OF SENSIBLE
SAFETY
MEASURES HAS
BEEN PROVEN
TO MINIMIZE THE
RISK
OF ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES.
FOR EXAMPLE
, ALL
SPORTS
WHICH CARRY A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT OF
DANGER
, SUCH AS SCUBA DIVING OR PARAGLIDING SHOULD
BE
SUPERVISED
BY AN EXPERIENCED AND
PROFESSIONALLY
QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR. ANOTHER FACTOR IS THAT THERE IS
NOW
A RANGE OF ESSENTIAL
SPORTS
GEAR TO PROTECT THOSE
WHO
PRACTICE
DANGEROUS
SPORTS
. SUCH EQUIPMENT RANGES FROM
SAFETY
ROPES AND HELMETS TO WATER-RESISTANT CLOTHING.
IN CONCLUSION
, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
DANGEROUS
SPORTS
SHOULD
BE PERMITTED
, ALTHOUGH THOSE
WHO
TAKE PART
HAVE A
RESPONSIBILTY
TO ADHERE TO THE RECOMMENDED
SAFETY
PROCEDURES.
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