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Your point about the cynical, actuarial willingness to see "x" number of fellow humans suffer and die needlessly is excellent. I hadn't thought about it quite like that. It reminds me of many years ago, after several accidents in which rear-ended Ford Pintos burst into flames, it came to light that Ford executives knew all along that there was a design flaw and that this was a risk, but made a conscienceless calculation based on costs of recall/redesign vs. potential lawsuit costs. Loss of life and living with horrific injury did not enter their decision process. There was widespread condemnation of Ford at the time. I will be using your argument in upcoming conversations and letter-writing.
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