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I think the argument AlexandrB is making is: Compared to pollutants such as campfires and car exhaust, vaping is a rounding error. However much you care about b
by chroma 11y ago
I think the argument AlexandrB is making is: Compared to pollutants such as campfires and car exhaust, vaping is a rounding error. However much you care about banning vaping, you should care 1,000x more about limiting campfires or diesel engines. Even a tiny change in those would benefit public health vastly more than a vaping ban.
- twblalock 11y agoThe difference is that vaping only benefits the vaper, but the harms caused by vaping affect everyone. In contrast, everyone in society benefits from the mobility and economic activity facilitated by transportation. Even if you never drive a car, take a bus, or even leave your house, you are better off because of cars, busses, trains, and airplanes because of the increased economic growth they facilitate. The benefit and the harm are both fully socialized.
- baakss 11y agoThat's a fallacy of relative privation though. "B happens more frequently, is more dangerous, or causes more harm than A. Therefore A can be ignored." AlexandrB was dismissing one argument because he found a bigger issue.