I agree. There's no sense (to me) in thinking the Bear is going to teach someone something that'll then get them killed. He runs down steep inclines at great risk of bodily injury....if someone else does that "because Bear did it", then that's life. What would be next....lobbying for Government intervention.... a warning before each show? "The Surgeon General has determined........"

It isn't that "we" know better so "we" don;t have to worry about emulating some of the things he does. "They" should know better, and if they don;t, it isn't Bear's job to make sure they do. His job is to keep us smiling, whinning, and complaining about the stuff he does. I think I've reached the conclusion that the show's producers know what's being said about the Bear's antics...so they keep doing it because his ratings are good.