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Bourget du Lac, the nightmare of skydiving.
Mathews · 2025-07-13 · Message 21 of 25
They burn them because in a consumerist world, ideas mustn’t offend anyone, and because the slightest little emotional wound has become unbearable.
It’s mainly because books help educate people instead of just shocking them—and yeah, they develop critical thinking, haha.
If people think critically, they consume less, right?
Bourget du Lac, the nightmare of parachuting.
Mitch341 · 2025-07-13 · Message 22 of 25
As a private pilot myself and getting on in years, I’ll leave the controversies to others.
Evening! What type of aircraft do you fly? A DR400?
DR 400 160 hp. But unluckily, a club pilot just crashed it into a vineyard. Looks like a bad fuel tank selection.
Lake Bourget, the parachuting nightmare.
Rogerdelaman · 2025-07-13 · Message 23 of 25
Is this dark humor? Are you referring to the aircraft that crashed at CHY airport three days ago?
To respond to pilot Mathews, I don’t hold any grudge against aviation in general—I was simply targeting a practice that, in my opinion, is a bit absurd: taking off planes for fun thousands of times a year. It gives a really bad image of the airport, and as a result, associations fight against all air traffic without distinction.
Lake Bourget: The Nightmare of Skydiving
Rogerdelaman · 2025-07-13 · Message 24 of 25
Hello, your reference to *Fahrenheit 451* is really interesting. For my part, and on my own scale—without any ideology or religious conviction—I work to fight against this society of entertainment and mind-numbing distraction. There’s no inevitability; it’s the role of education, which starts at home, not at school. When I was very young, I read a book that deeply moved me—*Histoire d’un ruisseau* (*Story of a Stream*) by Élisée Reclus. It helped me stay humble and respectful of the environment, but most of all, it taught me to find joy in all the little things in everyday life.
I also encourage you to read *Le Bug Humain* (*The Human Bug*) by Sébastien Bohler. This book explains why our brain is leading us straight toward the planet’s destruction, but more importantly, how to fight against the striatum by engaging our prefrontal cortex.
Lake Bourget, the skydiving nightmare.
Mathews · 2025-07-13 · Message 25 of 25
Is this dark humor? Are you referring to the plane that crashed at the CHY airport three days ago?
I assume CHY stands for Chambéry? Because when I looked up the IATA code, it points to Choiseul in the Solomon Islands.
Otherwise, my question was very serious.
In response to pilot Mathews, I have no grievances against aviation in general,
I’d love to be a pilot, but that’s not the case, and it’s a real lifelong frustration...