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Author Topic:   Hitler in the 21st century
Tusko
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Message 36 of 136 (412219)
07-24-2007 7:58 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Legend
07-21-2007 12:46 PM


I'm not sure about the Hitler stuff, but I think I agree about the rubbishness of the "even one life" argument - because when taken to its logical conclusion there would be no road-traffic deaths at all if road traffic was banned.
Whoops - got to go,

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Tusko
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Message 50 of 136 (413095)
07-27-2007 4:05 PM
Reply to: Message 32 by Omnivorous
07-23-2007 7:06 PM


Re: Things change
But the argument that was used - that if even one life is saved, then it will have been worth it - seems to be the thing that Legend is finding objectionable. I do too - because it isn't a very good argument at all, as far as I can see, because if saving lives through changing legislation relating to motor vehicles is the prime consideration, then it follows that all cars should be reduced to 0 miles per hour, because this is the speed at which they will cause the least fatalities... I think...
So people were swayed with a rubbish argument. Although thats fine and thats democracy, it still indicates fuzzy and slighty scary thinking on the part of the voters I think.

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