Planking

I don't get it. I think most people don't get it. In itself, planking is harmless. Lying down, making your body look like a plank, and taking a photo to share online. Silly, yes, but not inherently dangerous. It only becomes a problem when people have to 'one-up' the person before them by planking somewhere with more risk. As we've all seen this week, a 20 year old man died from planking. Apparently, he had been drinking and I guess his mate had been too. How else do you explain that both of these young men thought planking on the rail of a balcony 7 stories up was a good idea? I have a question about this though. If you see a friend standing in the middle of the road with cars and trucks heading towards him, and you don't do anything to get him to safety, are you responsible for his death when a car hits him? At least partially responsible? How sad is it that this craze has come to the point that a man doesn't say to his mate, "This isn't safe, it's not worth it." And not only that, stands back ready to take a photo of it! No photo, no planking. Come on people, we're supposed to look after our mates; not allow them to put themselves in danger. This second young man is going to have to live with this for the rest of his life.

Think about that man's family and friends. How do you come to terms with a death like that? So senseless; such an idiotic way to die.