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Do you believe in just banning things because people use them irresponsibly? I think that is much more damaging than one person getting 4 kids dead, as much as

Do you believe in just banning things because people use them irresponsibly? I think that is much more damaging than one person getting 4 kids dead, as much as this is already a tragedy. Going with this reasoning people should be banned from using cars at all, because, frankly, I see a huge number of people driving completely irresponsibly and not thinking a whole lot about it until an accident happens. Do we really want to live in a world where it is not possible to behave irresponsibly because all options were taken off the table?

lki876 6y ago
> Do you believe in just banning things because people use them irresponsibly? No, I believe in banning things when the vast majority use them irresponsibly. That demonstrates that it's just not something we're capable of handling.
- 411111111111111 6y ago
  Or that we need a licence to drive them. Personally I think there should be the equivalent to a driver's licence for both ebikes and scooters. But it would kill the industry if it was enforced now, so I hope we will get it later once people actually got the taste for it and want to continue using them even if they need to get a licence.
  - lmilcin 6y ago
    License has much more sense than outright ban. I don't care for the "industry". They must adapt. Driving car requires license but the industry is still there.
    - 411111111111111 6y ago
      But the licence came years after the car, that's exactly the point
Barrin92 6y ago
>Do we really want to live in a world where it is not possible to behave irresponsibly because all options were taken off the table? I lived in Singapore for a few years and that pretty much is that world and I was very happy. Don't really see the problem with banning things that people cannot stop to use irresponsibly and that cause loss of life, including cars. (well technically they're not banned, a license is just hard to get, 10% or so own a car). Build good public transport, walkable cities, done. I mean have you actually considered how mental it is that we let people roam around in two tons of metal at high velocity next to pedestrians just to buy a bag of groceries. If people look back at this in 500 years we'll look like crazy cavemen
- abstractbarista 6y ago
  You should live by your own principles. Get rid of all knives in your kitchen. Because one was just used in France to behead a person. Does this ultimatum still make sense?
  - Barrin92 6y ago
    The knifes in my kitchen only I have access to and I know I'm not going to behead anyone. However I live by my principles and I have no problems with banning knives in public, or vendors securing them. (which is relatively common around the world btw, see Japan, UK, much of Europe etc..)
  - lmilcin 6y ago
    I worked for Samsung. Some guys in Korea got into heated discussion and carved each other with kitchen knives available in the office. Guess what, no kitchen knives other than plastic. Here in Poland people just started bringing their own EDC knives.
HeadsUpHigh 6y ago
Are you for or against gun ownership?

lki876 6y ago

> Do you believe in just banning things because people use them irresponsibly? No, I believe in banning things when the vast majority use them irresponsibly. That demonstrates that it's just not something we're capable of handling.

411111111111111 6y ago
Or that we need a licence to drive them. Personally I think there should be the equivalent to a driver's licence for both ebikes and scooters. But it would kill the industry if it was enforced now, so I hope we will get it later once people actually got the taste for it and want to continue using them even if they need to get a licence.
- lmilcin 6y ago
  License has much more sense than outright ban. I don't care for the "industry". They must adapt. Driving car requires license but the industry is still there.
  - 411111111111111 6y ago
    But the licence came years after the car, that's exactly the point

Barrin92 6y ago

>Do we really want to live in a world where it is not possible to behave irresponsibly because all options were taken off the table? I lived in Singapore for a few years and that pretty much is that world and I was very happy. Don't really see the problem with banning things that people cannot stop to use irresponsibly and that cause loss of life, including cars. (well technically they're not banned, a license is just hard to get, 10% or so own a car). Build good public transport, walkable cities, done. I mean have you actually considered how mental it is that we let people roam around in two tons of metal at high velocity next to pedestrians just to buy a bag of groceries. If people look back at this in 500 years we'll look like crazy cavemen

abstractbarista 6y ago
You should live by your own principles. Get rid of all knives in your kitchen. Because one was just used in France to behead a person. Does this ultimatum still make sense?
- Barrin92 6y ago
  The knifes in my kitchen only I have access to and I know I'm not going to behead anyone. However I live by my principles and I have no problems with banning knives in public, or vendors securing them. (which is relatively common around the world btw, see Japan, UK, much of Europe etc..)
- lmilcin 6y ago
  I worked for Samsung. Some guys in Korea got into heated discussion and carved each other with kitchen knives available in the office. Guess what, no kitchen knives other than plastic. Here in Poland people just started bringing their own EDC knives.

HeadsUpHigh 6y ago

Are you for or against gun ownership?