(Michael) wrote in message . com...
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Right. That's why I don't believe that there is any such thing as a
safety seminar. The only really valid safety advice it could give is
to hide under the bed. It would be different if we HAD to fly.
Professional pilots, who MUST fly, can speak of safety and safety
seminars. For us, they basically have no meaning.

Michael, I have to poke in here for a minute to comment this seems
like a very non-standard usage of the word "safety".

You seem to be saying that it's not valid to speak of safety
for non-essential (or recreational) activities, and/or that
it's not valid to give safety advice except in absolute terms
("hide under the bed" = "take no unnecessary risks"??)

But there are many non-essential activities which can be carried
out in a manner which carries more risk, or a manner which decreases
risk, and it's quite common and accepted usage to speak of that
relative risk management as "safety" and to consider courses and
seminars which discuss the risks and provide advice about how to
manage them as valid and meaningful.

Basically, it seems to me that the only way you can assert that
"for us they basically have no meaning" or aren't valid, is to
define "safety" and "safety seminar" in a non-standard, individualistic
way which excludes non-essential activities, then argue from the
perspective of your own, unique definition.

FWIW,
Sydney