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Licensing surgeons and airline pilots doesn't guarantee they won't make mistakes.

ER — 12/17/2012 5:50:47 AM (archived)

And my grandfather smoked until he died at 80 and never got lung cancer. Or as Alcaray put it "People are going to get sick no matter what we do, so why bother building hospitals?"

There's a technical term for the logical error you just made, but I'm too lazy to look it up.

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250 years of school shootings - RobVG - 12/16/2012 6:10:08 PM
- People are going to get sick no matter what we do, so why bother building hospitals? - alcaray - 12/16/2012 9:00:49 PM
  - If you're suggesting there is nothing we can do to stop gun violence, I disagree n/t - RobVG - 12/16/2012 9:50:07 PM
    - I'm not suggesting any such thing. - alcaray - 12/16/2012 10:01:11 PM
      - Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t - RobVG - 12/16/2012 11:01:20 PM
        
        I noticed that - Robert - 12/17/2012 3:46:40 AM
        
        The pornography analogy is apt. - ER - 12/17/2012 6:36:36 AM
        
        and - Robert - 12/17/2012 10:35:12 PM
        
        My girls are all markswomen. - MaryAnne - 12/18/2012 12:25:52 AM
        
        Mass murderers are almost always men - Robert - 12/18/2012 2:39:08 AM
        
        "I’m sure you can guess where I think gun violence comes from." - TB - 12/17/2012 5:11:59 PM
        
        Please proceed. - ER - 12/17/2012 5:50:49 PM
        
        Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t - RobVG - 12/18/2012 12:36:55 AM
        
        Citizens are citizens. - alcaray - 12/18/2012 6:34:32 AM
        
        I don't consider violent criminals "citizens". - RobVG - 12/18/2012 3:45:01 PM
        
        "I can’t think of any other reason why blacks would be killing blacks." - ER - 12/18/2012 9:38:11 PM
        
        My god you are so off base. I expect an apology. Don't care if I receive it. n/t - RobVG - 12/19/2012 1:37:16 AM
        
        "I can’t think of any other reason why blacks would be killing blacks." - ER - 12/19/2012 3:07:42 AM
        
        Guess I should have added 'in such numbers'. - RobVG - 12/19/2012 5:26:47 AM
        
        You're missing the point. Deliberately. Again. - TB - 12/18/2012 9:41:49 PM
        
        You obviously didn't read my post. - ER - 12/18/2012 11:14:29 PM
        
        Oh, I read it. I read everything. - TB - 12/19/2012 3:22:06 AM
        
        So tell me, Tom. What's my motive? - ER - 12/19/2012 4:16:10 AM
        
        What "motive?" - TB - 12/19/2012 4:47:59 AM
        
        See above. - ER - 12/19/2012 1:27:57 PM
        
        Some statistics: - TB - 12/18/2012 4:13:39 PM
        
        Gangs of New York - ER - 12/18/2012 2:12:21 AM
        
        See? Thread's already dead. - TB - 12/17/2012 5:56:46 PM
        
        Maybe the problem is the underlying premise that something can always be "done." - TB - 12/17/2012 4:21:01 AM
        
        Humans do things to make things better. - alcaray - 12/17/2012 5:58:41 AM
        
        Licensing surgeons and airline pilots doesn't guarantee they won't make mistakes. - ER - 12/17/2012 5:50:47 AM
        
        Cooler heads. - RobVG - 12/17/2012 4:08:10 AM
        
        There are things to talk about - Robert - 12/17/2012 8:36:04 PM
        
        Tasers figured in a local case of wrongful death, decided against the police. - MaryAnne - 12/18/2012 1:38:36 AM
        
        Lethality is a statistical concept - Robert - 12/18/2012 2:45:24 AM
        
        Simple question. Why do you want to bring the 2nd amendment into it? n/t - RobVG - 12/18/2012 12:33:44 AM
        
        Because it's frequently cited as preventing any attempt to control guns. - Robert - 12/18/2012 2:43:11 AM
        
        Fair enough - RobVG - 12/18/2012 4:13:49 AM
        
        Connecticut still has an assault weapons ban. - TB - 12/18/2012 2:27:51 PM
        
        right you are - Robert - 12/18/2012 5:24:37 AM
        
        Monster porn - RobVG - 12/17/2012 4:38:15 AM
        
        There's more to it than just pro and anti gun sides. - ER - 12/17/2012 5:36:56 AM
        
        And yet, you did. - alcaray - 12/17/2012 3:44:57 AM

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