Sunday, November 01, 2009

Compare and contrast.

There is a certain irony in two stories which both appear in the news today - on the one hand, you have Prince Edward making the point (perhaps somewhat clumsily) that for many young people the possibility of danger is what drives them to take part in outward-bound type activities, such as are run by the Prince's Trust, and then in another part of the news is a report that a 14-year-old Dutch girl has been forbidden by the courts from attempting a solo round-the-world yacht voyage on the grounds that it is too dangerous.

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