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I learned to fly a
paraplane at Bonneville Seabase near Grantsville, Utah.
The class is an interesting process, roughly half of it in the
form of "ground school" and the other half actual
flying. I do have to tell you about the particular
"ground school" that we attended. The first
required part of the school consists of each student sitting in
front of a video tape being played of a lawyer who very cleary
explains that the sport you are about to enter into is
dangerous, foolhardy, deadly, likely to kill or maim you, etc.,
and that no matter what happens, you can't sue anyone because
you assume all risk yourself and if you die doing this, the
lawyers will show the tape to the courts to show that you were
informed before you started that you could die doing this and
therefore your heirs cannot get any restitution from
anyone. It's unfortunate that our lawsuit happy society
has brought us to this point, but that's the way it is these
days.
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