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Welfare and climbing 21-Nov-2008 At 10:04:56 AM GravityHound

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On 21/11/2008 widewetandslippery wrote:
>People do not just make financial contributions to society. There are
>other contributions, not just in climbing but in other sports, art, caring,
>religion (hey I'm a devout atheist but acknowledge the comfort it provides
>to others and having happy people around is good).

That what it is all about - you cannot judge a persons worth to society by the financial contributions they make alone. And it is impossible to put all these people who are on the dole and climb into the one basket. Each persons contributions (past, present and future) need to be considered independently. I really doubt that there are many climbers out there who have done nothing, and never will, for society.

and if it is a climber on the dole who is stealing food then that person is the exception, not the rule.