"Wow, you wouldn't pass a law to prevent kids from riding bicycles?? You know 100 kids a year die from bicycle use - and you'd sacrifice their lives for what, just so some other kids can have a little fun? I can't believe you place such low value on the lives of children."
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Bit of a strawman, no? You can legislate and encourage the use of bike helmets, or lower residential speed limits, for instance, and drive that number down a lot. There are plenty of options which do not practically reduce individual freedom, but do improve public health.
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I'm not against making tradeoffs, I'm against people using 'you must not value lives' as an argument
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im subtweeting people shitting on me for giving a fatality number i'd trade for beneficial things in culture
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You say that like it's crazy, but cities constantly ban scooters based on this exact logic.
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we could practically eliminate traffic fatalities by reducing the speed limit to 15 mph, yet i have never seen anyone seriously argue in favour of this. as a society we have decided that there is an acceptable number of deaths and injuries in exchange for shorter travel times.
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Nobody would ever choke to death if we all just stop eating
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