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A comment on A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma controversy. Parent comment

Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by tumult on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:16AM (#37670031)
That's not true. We have things in place to protect people and objects from lightning strikes. For example, lightning protection systems on tall buildings.
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by p-e-w on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:26AM (#37670127)
Those protect the building, not individual people. Nobody carries around mobile lightning rods, even though they were invented centuries ago.
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by tumult on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:33AM (#37670177)
It protects the people in the building. Likewise, arresting a serial killer protects anyone they would have killed next.
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