The entire point of this "tangent" (which it isn't) is that the same reason you would make the choice to use the "unsafe" variant are the same reasons you would

The entire point of this "tangent" (which it isn't) is that the same reason you would make the choice to use the "unsafe" variant are the same reasons you would argue to not use a type-safe language. Or, rather, if you're default inclination is to always choose safety over other factors, then why not apply the same logic to languages? The fact is that you seem to be drawing an arbitrary line at language-use in your logic here.