Re:Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France
by stevenwoo on Sunday July 02, 2017 @05:11PM
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Had to work in England in the 90's for a week and the bus on the route I used was blown up two hours after I got off by the IRA. All the London landmarks were patrolled by army soldiers with rifles. Everyone can get used to almost any circumstance, the odds of being a victim of a terror attack are miniscule. I'm much more likely to get hit by a drunk driver in the USA.
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Re:Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France
by expertentipp on Sunday July 02, 2017 @05:22PM
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I refuse to accept the "you are more likely to die in a road accident" argument. Simply refuse. Ironically the terrorist attack in Berlin last December was initially categorized as a road accident.
Re:Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France
by nl on Sunday July 02, 2017 @05:43PM
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What does refusing to accept the argument mean in this case? The statistics are pretty clear, but presumably you aren't disputing that?
Re:Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France
by stevenwoo on Monday July 03, 2017 @12:25PM
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Well if we accept that wikipedia has statistics correct, in the USA in 2006 about 18,000 people were killed as a result of drunk driving accidents. This compares to the approximate 3000 killed in the 2001 terrorists attacks, so we in the USA accept the number of victims of about one 9/11 attack every two months as a necessary risk of driving, if the cause is a drunk driver.
In the same article, the USA is noted as having a higher DUI rate than either the UK or Australia in spite of both those countries having a lower legal drinking age and higher consumption of alcohol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunk_driving_in_the_United_St...