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Re:F.B.I. Arrests Volkswagen Executive on Conspiracy Charges... by eli_gottlieb on Monday January 09, 2017 @10:25AM (#13356945)
>Making cars is "statistical murder". Bad schools are "statistical murder". Selling cheesecake is "statistical murder".

Yeah, the question is how much. Cheating on emissions tests is definitely more murder than selling cheesecake.

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Re:F.B.I. Arrests Volkswagen Executive on Conspiracy Charges... by Nitramp on Monday January 09, 2017 @10:52AM (#13357187)
> Yeah, the question is how much. Cheating on emissions tests is definitely more murder than selling cheesecake.

Is it?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/0...

> Scientists are asking people across the globe to lay off sugary drinks, linking the consumption to an estimated 184,000 adult deaths each year, including more than 25,000 Americans.

I wouldn't expect cheesecake to fare much differently.

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Re:F.B.I. Arrests Volkswagen Executive on Conspiracy Charges... by hx87 on Monday January 09, 2017 @12:59PM (#13358213)
Cheesecake =/= all sugary foods. It's not even a plurality.
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Re:F.B.I. Arrests Volkswagen Executive on Conspiracy Charges... by xorxornop on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @02:00AM (#13363214)
Not to mention cheesecake is not pumped into the surrounding atmosphere as a gas where you breathe it involuntarily!
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