While saying "to be fair" may be an idiom, it is also in this case a strawman. Your comment proposes something as an alternative but provides no evidence to ind

While saying "to be fair" may be an idiom, it is also in this case a strawman. Your comment proposes something as an alternative but provides no evidence to indicate there is any actual debate to be had. I could mention that bicycling on Antarctica is much safer than in the Netherlands. Thus, the Netherlands should seek to emulate Antarctic policy regarding bicycling. None of that is a real argument.