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Originally Posted by Tom Bombadil  Use or missuse doesn't matter. Fact is, it costs lives. I'm trying to see what the justification is.
If one said that people would missuse the convenience machine, and it would cost 75,000 lives, it's notm clear that we should then say, "Oh, well, that it's misuse that causes the deaths, let's vote her in!" |
It does matter because the proper use of a convenience machine would not cause these deaths, but the missuse would. The same could be said for anything. Proper use of a shovel won't cause 75,000 deaths. But if you use is improperly to stab 75,000 people with it, it will cost 75,000 deaths. Should we then not create the shovel? It matters a lot.
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Originally Posted by Tom Bombadil Lastly, when people make statistical arguments, they need to show the statistics. Where are the stats for "most deaths." |
Simply put, if you drive the speed limit, obey all traffic laws, wear your seat belt, and watch out for other drivers (who are all doing the same) as you should, there won't be the 75,000 deaths. The accidents don't happen because people are properly using the convenience machine. They happen because people fail to take all the necessary precautions and use it properly.