Re:Black Friday death count
by nightski on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @06:20PM
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What? The 4 deaths and 63 injuries? Over 6 years? Doesn't seem like it is something worth caring about, especially when participation is entirely optional.
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Optional unless you work there, like the guy that got trampled in 2008.
Sure, it doesn't really rate on the same scale as car accidents and cancer. On the other hand, this is entirely avoidable, and done for what many (myself included) would call really stupid.
Dude, cat accidents are affecting so many people! Like the other day, I was riding my cat to work, and I passed this cat accident that basically totalled 5 other cats, killing two people. It's not something to be overlooked....
Re:Black Friday death count
by hkmurakami on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @06:25PM
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I think optional participation once you've been properly informed of the risks, however small is fine, but uninformed participation should be discouraged.
I'm willing to bet that more people die in auto accidents getting to the store than have died at the store.
Every activity (eating vegetables, visiting your grandmother, trimming your fingernails) has some risk. Being explicitly informed of the hazards of every activity you will ever partake in would take an unreasonably long time. In general, I'm not sure it's useful to demand that people be informed of non-elevated levels of risk.
What are the risks? That you might be killed or injured? Just like on any other day of the year? One guy died of a heart condition, could have happened anytime. Another injured in a burglary attempt (apparently burglaries only happen on Black Friday?)