[Martinjlm]

Originally Posted by RenegadeXR

Very sad, but yeah there's nothing to keep in "perspective" here. Usually that phrase is used when you're talking about something in relativity to something else to gauge its magnitude. For example, "The Camaro driver was acting like an idiot. For perspective, a witness stated he was doing donuts prior to the crash." I think you're confusing it to too broadly mean a "lesson". Perspective can lead to learning lessons, but not all lessons are due to perspective.



You mean "must be kept in consideration." Again, there is no relative comparison or interrelation being drawn between two things from which to draw a perspective.

First of all, let me be sincere in stating I appreciate your attempt to diffuse some of the tone of this thread by suggesting I meant or needed to use a different word. Thing is, I usually choose my words wisely and I definitely intended to use and stand by the use of the word perspective. I did not mean consideration, but I see how that could fit. I did not mean lesson, because I don't think this incident teaches any of us anything we don't already know.


Perspective is defined (by Merriam-Webster) as

a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view:

My ENTIRE point here is that we have some very powerful equipment here. Whether it's a 300+ hp V6 or a 455 hp V8 or a 650 hp beast. And these are great things to have. The perspective, or point of view, that we need to consider...and I think we all do at some level... is how quickly losing control of this kind of power can go bad.

Absolutely no doubt that the guy driving this particular Camaro was exercising horrible judgement. But 20 years ago, that could easily have been me. The "perspective" here is to view the available power with some respect for what could happen should we lose control of it, especially through poor judgement.

And so there we have the lecture that rontammy0 was hoping not to have to endure. Sorry 'bout that.