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Old 06-25-2007, 03:04 PM   #74
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Originally Posted by lifer View Post
Ok, well, what if the same 2 drivers meet each other at point A. They each have to drive another 20 kms. The fast driver is off the road a couple minutes before the slow driver is, so he is exposed to the potential danger of deer on the road for a shorter amount of time, now who's safer? On a 10 minute drive, if you increase your speed by 10% you spend 10% less time at the mercy of the other "asshats" on the road. This is a bad argument, but so is the one posted above.
Your argument isn't in the same class as BBS's. Yours is in the same class as saying that you're safer flying if you always bring a bomb in your luggage. After all, the chances of there being TWO bombs on board the plane are almost non-existent~!

Edit: "In the same class as..." meaning fallacious.

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