Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:05 am
Quick note on the guns for protection deal... I believe statistically you are more likely to be harmed by your own gun then being able to use it for protection in home invasion situations...
Okay, but what if your son has a bully at school, and he stands up to him?
What if he tries to TP your house while your not there, and your son shoots him? Eh?
Might be a bit drastic, and stereotypical, but hey! Its not impossible.
Oh, and information isn't power, common sense is. You can inform people about all you want, common sense tells them to use it or ignore it.
Not all people have good common sense
Smoking and drinking are really bad examples of this though. Yes they are harmful, but these are things that people weigh the consequences of. I smoke, and I drink. I am aware that it is going to shorten my lifespan, and eventually I will stop. But for now I enjoy these activities and will continue to do so until I've had enough. This is not an act of stupidity or ignoring information... I have just determined that for me the consequences do not outweigh the benefits.
Drinking isn't a good example. As long as you drink in controlled amounts you aren't doing any harm to your body.
As long as you consume less ethonol and petrol(Components of Alcohol) then what your liver can handle, and remember to drink 1 gallon of water a day. You'll be fine.
As for smoking. Cancer is a big risk. But more over, each cigarette takes five minutes from your lifespan. I'm not sure exactly how that data came to be, but common sense will tell you its not 100% untrue.
Your HIV example was kind of stupid too... People that are not HIV positive get tested all the time, and many times it's not just because they were reckless, but that something happened (i.e. broken condom). Many people do use this information to their advantage and consider their past experiences "close calls" and do change their behavior. Yes, there are those that will ignore and still go on with their reckless ways. Fact is there are no statistics on this, so this can't really be debated anyway.
Can't be debated my donkey!
You want statistics? Take the number of people who got tested last year, and subtract that from the number of adults in the country.
Theres your data.
You and I both know that the resulting number says that more than half of the adult population are untested.
On that note, have YOU been tested?
Forcing people to do something will bring about change, but not the change you want. As soon as you force people to do something, they will rebel. Teach common sense... that will bring positive change.
You can't teach common sense.
Okay, but what if your son has a bully at school, and he stands up to him?
What if he tries to TP your house while your not there, and your son shoots him? Eh?
Might be a bit drastic, and stereotypical, but hey! Its not impossible.
Oh, and information isn't power, common sense is. You can inform people about all you want, common sense tells them to use it or ignore it.
Not all people have good common sense
Smoking and drinking are really bad examples of this though. Yes they are harmful, but these are things that people weigh the consequences of. I smoke, and I drink. I am aware that it is going to shorten my lifespan, and eventually I will stop. But for now I enjoy these activities and will continue to do so until I've had enough. This is not an act of stupidity or ignoring information... I have just determined that for me the consequences do not outweigh the benefits.
Drinking isn't a good example. As long as you drink in controlled amounts you aren't doing any harm to your body.
As long as you consume less ethonol and petrol(Components of Alcohol) then what your liver can handle, and remember to drink 1 gallon of water a day. You'll be fine.
As for smoking. Cancer is a big risk. But more over, each cigarette takes five minutes from your lifespan. I'm not sure exactly how that data came to be, but common sense will tell you its not 100% untrue.
Your HIV example was kind of stupid too... People that are not HIV positive get tested all the time, and many times it's not just because they were reckless, but that something happened (i.e. broken condom). Many people do use this information to their advantage and consider their past experiences "close calls" and do change their behavior. Yes, there are those that will ignore and still go on with their reckless ways. Fact is there are no statistics on this, so this can't really be debated anyway.
Can't be debated my donkey!
You want statistics? Take the number of people who got tested last year, and subtract that from the number of adults in the country.
Theres your data.
You and I both know that the resulting number says that more than half of the adult population are untested.
On that note, have YOU been tested?
Forcing people to do something will bring about change, but not the change you want. As soon as you force people to do something, they will rebel. Teach common sense... that will bring positive change.
You can't teach common sense.
Veemon
