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That’s a ridiculous argument. Hundreds of kids die in pools because millions of kids swim. If there was an abandoned mine next to every pool, yeah... people w
by cgrealy 6y ago
That’s a ridiculous argument.
Hundreds of kids die in pools because millions of kids swim.
If there was an abandoned mine next to every pool, yeah... people would do something about that.
I have no problem with people doing risky activities (I do plenty myself), but you should be aware of the consequences, not only to you, but to your family, to SAR, etc and act accordingly.
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- AdrianB1 6y agoHe is actually right, some things are forbidden because they can cause death while others are allowed even if they cause lots of deaths. For example cars and knives are allowed, even if there are tens of thousands of deaths in car accidents or by stabbing, while the first argument for forbidding guns is that they kill people. His point is that mine-shafts are closed, but pools are not and there are a lot more people drowning in pools than killed in accidents in mine-shafts. This is a classic case of double standards.
- selimthegrim 6y agoUnfortunately, we are not all Oliver Wendell Holmes who thinks kids walking into unfenced acidic quarries and dying is the kids' fault.
- cgrealy 6y agoYou’re missing my point. More people die in pools because there are more pools and more people in them. The percentage chance of dying in a pool is incredibly low, partly because it’s low risk and partly because we mitigate the actual risk (training, lifeguards, etc). Mine shafts are an order of magnitude more dangerous. If pools were as dangerous as mine shafts, they wouldn’t be anywhere near as common.