U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by cltby on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @08:29PM (#25666021)

Point taken, but by this standard, we could defend drunk driving as overwhelmingly safe, war as overwhelmingly non-fatal, Vioxx as overwhelmingly heart-healthy, ISPs as overwhelmingly customer friendly, etc etc.

It strikes me as pyschopathic to endorse actions that stand a 7% chance of ruining numerous innocent lives.

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by triceratops on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @10:32PM (#25666964)

I didn't endorse any of the violent protests. But I don't understand your analogy at all. Drunk driving is never ok. Are you saying any kind of protest is never ok because it has a chance of turning violent? confused face

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by cltby on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @10:56PM (#25667111)

There are over 110M drunk driving incidents in the US every year and nearly 7M crashes, drunk or otherwise [1][2]. If we conservatively attribute all of these crashes to drunk drivers, we find that 94% of drunk driving causes no damage or injury. It is, to borrow your words, overwhelmingly safe.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/impaired_driving/im...

[2] https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-highway-...

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by triceratops on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:59PM (#25667442)

I ask you again, are you saying protests of any kind are never ok? Because that's what it sounds like you're saying.

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by cltby on Thursday January 07, 2021 @09:40AM (#25671513)

All I ask is that your social movement be less injurious to society than being wasted behind the wheel.

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