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There is a qualitative difference between stepping on a land mine and maybe--possibly!--having a higher chance of getting cancer.
by angersock 10y ago
There is a qualitative difference between stepping on a land mine and maybe--possibly!--having a higher chance of getting cancer.
- komali2 10y agoThe lesson we can learn from the poisoned battlefields of WWI can be applied as a counter-argument to anyone saying we should nuke something - consider not only the short term implications of the nuke, but the long term effect on local and global environments.
- mangeletti 10y agoAnd on the flip side... they didn't have nukes, so they used all that artillery.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agos/nukes/tanks
- Millennium 10y agos/tanks/mines
- bashinator 10y agoI'm not sure what point you're trying to make, but the tank was invented in WWI.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoThe only difference is how easy it is to aim the blame. Thousands of people are dying either way.
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- 7952 10y agoBut both issues relate to death or injury within a larger population. The chance of getting killed by most risks is very small, but the magnitude of the impact is obviously massive. The end result (death) is the same. It is reasonable to feel aggrieved about risk you have not consented to simply because it is an injustice. Perhaps the injustice won't be visited upon me in particular but that is not the point.