OT-How far did this world go into insanity?

[Mohoender]

Nothing to do with the usual topics but some of you might have heard about this: the young dutch girl who wanted to do a sail trip around the world.

The final decision came and I'm outraged. I don't really know if she should be allowed to do it but the reasons given to forbid her and put her under (what truly is) house arrest are insane and unwise. They don't even take time to ask the right questions.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10491181...ound-the-World!

Of course, this is only an extract but if the decision came through what is described here, I simply don't get it. The only wisdom in this entire text seems to come for a 17 years old british sailor.

Welcome to our nice Western Dictorial Democracies (One point for the UK, they seem to retain a tiny bit more wisdom than others). Gee, if I ever win the loto, the only decent place to move to could be England or Ireland (I stop recycling now and do everything to help accelerate global warming).

Okay, I might be overreacting but in case of a twilight war I'll be wishing for soviet victory (at least with them you know who the weirdoes are).