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Being Belayed by a Stranger 7-Oct-2005 At 6:08:02 PM kerroxapithecus

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On 7/10/2005 DaCrux wrote:
>>Maybe but it's the same thing in reality.
>>It's good to have some caution
>Maybe you’re a psycho murderer? Maybe I am? Maybe you shouldn’t trust
>people who own no. 5 cams because they can whack you over the head with
>them? Maybe you shouldn't trust people who own ropes because they can strangle
>you? Maybe you’re gonna get run over by a bus on the way home? Maybe a
>terrorist has planted a bomb in your office? Maybe you shouldn't climb
>because you might get squashed by a boulder? Or maybe you're gonna get
>your arm squashed and you'll have to chop it off with a pocket knife? Maybe
>you should live in a bubble?

Oh dear! yeah some people are afraid of everything and they don't leave the house. I know someone like that. Agraphobia I think it is. It would be like living in a bubble. I guess there's a point where caution becomes unhealthy. I think that point is if it stops you from doing what you want to do or interferes with your normal life.