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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Replying to @HenryTarquin @arthur_affect and
So you're just playing devil's advocate? Fucking why?
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Replying to @UnknownEnby @arthur_affect and
Because not only do I not know what the correct course of action is, I believe it's highly doubtful anyone does.
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Replying to @HenryTarquin @UnknownEnby and
Everyone needs to get off his or her hobbyhorse of certainty and think, "What if we're all making a terrible mistake?"
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Replying to @HenryTarquin @UnknownEnby and
Nobody just imagined all those people drowning in their own mucus in the hospital Henry
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Replying to @arthur_affect @UnknownEnby and
@RayTski: the above tweet is one reason I don't think@arthur_affect makes the slightest effort to understand people who disagree with him2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HenryTarquin @arthur_affect and
What, because he's concerned with the real-world impact of decisions and doesn't treat everything as a vague intellectual exercise?
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Replying to @UnknownEnby @arthur_affect and
No, because it's flagrant non sequitur. I'm not claiming the victims of the disease are imaginary, nor defending anyone is.
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Okay then that strongly limits the degree to which trying to stop the spread of the disease could be a "terrible mistake" couldn't it
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