> Things always can go bad, and, often, do go bad. That's almost vacuously true. > What would one expect to come out of saying that, other than the feeling of

> Things always can go bad, and, often, do go bad. That's almost vacuously true. > What would one expect to come out of saying that, other than the feeling of smug satisfaction at some point in the future? Why, take action to ensure things won't go bad? Is that concept hard to understand? That preparation is the key? I mean, why do people waste their time going out of their way to go to a crosswalk and wait for the light to go green to cross a street? They can simply jaywalk their way through life without bothering with hypothetical traffic accidents. But what value is there in doing that? People can get run over and often do get run over. That's almost vacuously true. What would one expect to come out of saying that people should cross the street in crosswalks other than the feeling of smug satisfaction at some point in the future when a jaywalking fool gets ran over but they don't as a result of thinking things through and avoiding obvious problems?