What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country?

Re:What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country? by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:26AM (#27894120)

From dictionary.com: "an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap"

A car crash absolutely fits the definition. You sound like you want the definition of "accident" to be something other than what it is.

Yes, people are careless driving. Yes, that causes problems (and even death) that should have been avoided. But that still fits the definition of accident.

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Re:What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country? by ericmay on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:02AM (#27894606)

What about when you drink and drive or speed, or drive too fast for conditions? How is that unintentional when the action you take is intentional?

Otherwise, you're seriously giving an escape hatch to say, drunk driving, because "Hey I was just carelessly driving. It was just an accident. I didn't intend to cause harm, damage, or loss when I drank all of that alcohol and accident my car into someone else. 'Whoops'"

Anyway, let's say these are all accidents. Ok. We can also still call them car crashes and wrecks and that would be more accurate because these terms don't assume intention but merely describe what has taken place.

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