In article >,
C.H. > wrote:
>On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:03:11 -0600, Matthew Russotto wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> C.H. > wrote:
>
>>>Increasing your own risks of being killed is completely acceptable. In
>>>traffic you not only increase your risk of being killed but the risks of
>>>others, and that is completely unacceptable.
>>
>> On the contrary. Not only is it acceptable, it is unavoidable. By
>> merely being there you increase the risk of others.
>
>Yes, traffic has a certain basic risk of being killed, which you accept by
>participating in it. That does not mean that you have the right to
>increase this risk several times just to satisfy your desire to drink.
Your argument has no foundation; the principle of not increasing risk
cannot stand.
>> The principle "anything that increases others' risks should be
>> forbidden" cannot stand.
>
>The principle of 'not unnecessarily' (and consuming alcohol when you have
>to drive afterwards is entirely unnecessary) increasing the risk does
>stand.
Nope. That one doesn't stand either. By that principal, all
unnecessary driving would be forbidden.
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