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It's also not pleasant for Einstein to die in a car crash before realizing his genius, or George Washington before leading the Revolution, or Cincinnatus before
by freehunter 9y ago
It's also not pleasant for Einstein to die in a car crash before realizing his genius, or George Washington before leading the Revolution, or Cincinnatus before saving the Romans or...
Sure, if you're 80 and facing down a life sentence in a nursing home, do whatever you feel is best. But if you're actively arguing that random people dying in car accidents is a good thing... you know car crashes kill children too, right? They kill good people too, right? They kill smart people. They kill anyone, by pure random luck. They kill your mom, they kill your spouse, they kill your child.
If someone wants to die, sure, let them die. If someone wants to live, I think it's best to minimize the ways they could unintentionally die. But by all means, if you want to stop wearing a seatbelt, you go right ahead. I'm going to buckle mine anyway. And I'm going to try to avoid smallpox, because I am not absolutely insane and I don't have some crazy death fetish.
- lisper 9y ago> if you're actively arguing that random people dying in car accidents is a good thing No one is saying that. The point is that it might be a worthwhile tradeoff to accept some deaths as the price of the benefits that accrue from engaging in certain risky activities.
- perl4ever 9y agoRandom people died from accidents with horses, before cars. Some of them famous. I wear my seatbelt, but I also have a motorcycle license. I have a modern car with all the latest safety features, but I also have an old car without airbags or ABS. I think phrasing like "crazy death fetish" is unreasonable and histrionic. Protecting people from harm is something that can be seen as horrifying when taken to the extreme. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Folded_Hands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Folded_Hands