I had the feeling this would spark some sort of debate into “Nanny state” etc, and I still feel strongly the actions of these people in the photos are closer to stupidity than they are to the cliff edge. The same person with the camera was later taking photos from the cliff edge of his friends who were then safely inland, not logical at all.
This photo gives an idea of the cracks that have appeared near Birling gap this week showing that the cliff edges are still highly unstable
Cracks in cliffs at Birling Gap by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr
This bit was taped off as best as you can on a cliff edge and signs were around Birling gap saying try and keep 5 metres from the cliff edge at all times, I can see your point John that rescue services are there to rescue, the fire service are there to put out fires, it doesn’t mean you should set alight to your house. I personally could not care if people in photo had met a nasty end that was their choice,however I do feel it selfish that others would of been put at risk underneath unstable cliffs in a rescue or retrieving of body attempts. By all means a person has the right to put him/herself at risk, but they do not have the right to do that to somebody else even if they are rescue services.
To be honest we probably have a Nanny state because people can not think for themselves and use logic in dangerous situations(maybe this is due to nanny state” though ?) , I agree we shouldn’t need somebody to tell us something so obvious is dangerous. However time and time again its proven people just don’t think for themselves these days.
I hope you don’t mind but this only took a few minutes in elements.
That really works well, thanks for editing.
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