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Originally Posted by Knalus
Completely being the devil's advocate here (sorry Devil's Advocate).
What if that survey said there were 40,000 assaults in Canada, with only 25-30 resulting in death? Would you then claim that legislation against violence was "a solution for a problem that doesn't exist?"
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Yes. 25-30 deaths out of 40,000 is a 0.00075% rate of fatality. It's the statistical anomaly accounted for in every single poll that appears on the news, except it might be smaller than that. In the greater context of the nation, 30 deaths divided by 37 million people means 0.00000081 percent of the population died in a year as a result of assaults.
It's a complete non-issue. And while I would never want this to happen to my girlfriend or anyone I knew, I'm completely okay with people who don't want kids not bringing kids into the world. It's not like it's a mystery that unwanted kids are a bad thing for everyone involved (the kid included).