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Re:Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run by WalterSear on Thursday March 05, 2015 @01:04AM (#9149505)
>Still, I think it is a valid point that drink driving is seen as a moral problem and therefore its practical impact as a cause of accidents and deaths is perceived as larger than it actually is...

> ...over here (Finland), drink drivers are generally most dangerous to themselves. Of course there are some innocent people who are killed and injured by drink drivers but most deaths resulting from drink driving are either people who kill themselves or consent to be in a vehicle where the driver is DUI.

You can't argue that problem is being overly focused on condemnation of the person who drinks and drives and then ignore our responsibility to keep them from hurting themselves either.

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Re:Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run by ptaipale on Thursday March 05, 2015 @04:02AM (#9149836)
Umm, why couldn't I? If we don't think of suicides or drink driving as a moral wrong (we could call this idea "sin"), why couldn't we let people do whatever they want, up to allowing them to end their lives - as long as people are not hurting others? The externalities are a problem but not as big as we perceive.
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