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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Brown" data-source="post: 151774" data-attributes="member: 18">No one is suggesting that you have to do anything.&nbsp; This is America and everyone can do exactly as they wish.What I am doing is providing a set of guidelines that can help you.&nbsp; If you choose to ignore them, that&#039;s your business.None of the suggestions on the list require &quot;countless hours&quot;.&nbsp; Some require nothing more than a good decision.&nbsp; Your choices are no skin off anyone else&#039;s back, so I say do whatever makes you happy. I simply suggest that you don&#039;t kid yourself about your level of preparedness, although its certainly within your right to do so.&nbsp; When I eat a pizza instead of a grilled chicken breast, I don&#039;t kid myself that there aren&#039;t consequences with my choice despite the fact that there&#039;s nothing &quot;inherently wrong&quot; with pizza.&nbsp; If I do it, I accept the consequences after making an informed decision and weighing the cost vs. benefit.If the cost of training outweighs the benefits to you, you have your answer.&nbsp; Personally, I&#039;m too valuable to me (and hopefully my family) so I train hard. Regarding grannie who probably doesn&#039;t practice succesfully repelling a boarder, I would offer that there are people who have survived jumping out of planes without parachutes.&nbsp; But would you rather jump with a parachute or without one?Again, any preparations you make are your choice alone.&nbsp; You and your family are the only ones who have to live with the consequences of that decision.Michael Brown</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Brown, post: 151774, member: 18"] No one is suggesting that you have to do anything. This is America and everyone can do exactly as they wish. What I am doing is providing a set of guidelines that can help you. If you choose to ignore them, that's your business. None of the suggestions on the list require "countless hours". Some require nothing more than a good decision. Your choices are no skin off anyone else's back, so I say do whatever makes you happy. I simply suggest that you don't kid yourself about your level of preparedness, although its certainly within your right to do so. When I eat a pizza instead of a grilled chicken breast, I don't kid myself that there aren't consequences with my choice despite the fact that there's nothing "inherently wrong" with pizza. If I do it, I accept the consequences after making an informed decision and weighing the cost vs. benefit. If the cost of training outweighs the benefits to you, you have your answer. Personally, I'm too valuable to me (and hopefully my family) so I train hard. Regarding grannie who probably doesn't practice succesfully repelling a boarder, I would offer that there are people who have survived jumping out of planes without parachutes. But would you rather jump with a parachute or without one? Again, any preparations you make are your choice alone. You and your family are the only ones who have to live with the consequences of that decision. Michael Brown [/QUOTE]

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