":Pot meets kettle.   

 :McCandless was an arrogant stupid dangerous fool.  Whitewash it all you like with meaningless noise about ""idealistic kids"" the simple truth remains that McCandless is dead because McCandless was too arrogant to listen to those who lived in the area, and too stupid to figure out a way to escape the circumstance he had placed himself in.  And he left the mess for other people to clean up. 

 :It could at least be hoped that others would have learned from his arrogant stupidity, but it's clear that there are still others of that mindset who think there was something noble, something ""idealistic,"" about reckless irresponsibility. 

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