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   From: sd.green@shaw.ca   
      
   "Chom Noamsky"  wrote in message   
   news:%JVij.4417$vp3.2704@edtnps90...   
   > "sdgreen"  wrote in message   
   > news:saVij.5758$wx.2969@pd7urf1no...   
   >>   
   >> "Chom Noamsky"  wrote in message   
   >> news:lRUij.4408$vp3.1548@edtnps90...   
   >>> "Karen Gordon"  wrote:   
   >>>> (K): .... and then think again about ducking under tapes and jumping   
   >>>> over   
   >>>> fences that were put there to protect you.   
   >>>   
   >>> They are there mostly to protect the resort corporations from lawsuits.   
   >>> When you buy that lift ticket read the fine print - you're assuming   
   >>> responsibility for all risk and harm that comes to you.  The only way   
   >>> the corporation can be held responsible is by proving gross negligence.   
   >>> One way to do that would be failing to mark the boundaries of dangerous   
   >>> areas.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> So you think it is ok for people to go out of bounds then?   
   >   
   > In legal terms, no, when you buy a pass you agree to the terms of usage   
   > and they are usually quite explicit.  In terms of whether people have a   
   > right to take personal risks, yes, as long as you're not creating undue   
   > risk for others.   
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   So when someone flaunts the law by going somewhere that they are not suppose   
   to, they should be charged and they should be made for the costs of   
   search/rescue and hospital costs, right.   
      
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