Um, while I usually don't like inserting myself into this kind of convos... Dude are you okay with dying so some bloke can open their coffee shop?
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Anyway: No, I'm not saying that. I gave but two examples of increased freedom and a strong economy. Use your imagination for others.
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More broadly, am I okay with people dying so that others may enjoy these fruits? Yes, of course I am. Everyone is.
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At some level, we're all okay with trading some (sufficiently low) risk of death, for some (sufficiently high) quality of life.
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The only debate is over where, EXACTLY, the trade-off points are. But everyone puts them somewhere—however much they bluster to the contrary
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"You aren't afraid of a meteor falling from the sky and striking you in the head every time you go outside are you? Okay, so let me shoot this gun at you and stop being a big baby"
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As I was saying: I was not defending any particular trade-off point; merely pointing out that they exist.
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As I said at the outset, this an exercise in trying to understand the opinions of people who do not already agree with you about everything
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Did you get the impression Arthur doesn't understand the opinions of others just because he vehemently disagrees with them? Maybe he does understand them, and that is why he disagrees so vehemently?
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Yeah what exactly do you think I don't understand Obviously I understand the idea of being a denialist fool who thinks the increased deaths will only be of people who don't matter and therefore they won't affect my life I just choose not to entertain it
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"I know you're really mad at that drunk driver for hitting your son but, try to keep in mind, from his perspective, he didn't care"
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