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I agree with all of your points except one, the severity of your listed "corollary" situation: Dieselgate is tentatively assessed to have resulted in thousands
by floatingatoll 9y ago
I agree with all of your points except one, the severity of your listed "corollary" situation:
Dieselgate is tentatively assessed to have resulted in thousands of human deaths due to air pollution. AT&T modem vulnerabilities have not been assessed similarly.
While I concur with everything else you've said, I encourage selecting a different example with a more evenly-matched fatality rate.
- stanleydrew 9y agoWhy is fatality rate the only legitimate metric on which to judge prison sentences? People are put in prison for all sorts of lesser offences all the time.
- floatingatoll 9y ago[Original question altered to break apart "why?" and "it shouldn't be".] Q: Is fatality rate the only legitimate metric on which to judge prison sentences? No. Fatality rate is not the sole legitimate metric. Q: Then why is fatality rate relevant? People are put in prison for all sorts of lesser offences all the time. It's a "hot-button" metric. Its use inflames emotion and skews human behavior away from rational. When drawing an analogy between two things, introducing "fatality rate" when not already present muddies the waters of conversation. If done accidentally, this can lead to serious "foot in mouth" scenarios. If done intentionally, it's typically used to encourage fearful decisions instead of careful decisions.