On Tue, 9 May 2006, The Reid wrote:

Following up to Tom Anderson

if we valued human life more than our own convenience, we'd

its a matter of balance, being reasonably safe while being able to get a
reasonable move on etc.

Exactly. We balance safety against freedom to move; the balance at present
indicates that we value the convenience we currently have more than a
couple of thousand lives a year. Or rather, the convenience we would stand
to lose if we tightened up on safety against the hundreds of lives we'd
save by doing it.

If safety was *everything* we would just stay at home as much as
possible.

A strawman argument, as you well know.

tom

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