Re: OT Humour, The Stella Awards


"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Yes. Just like *every* restaurant does. Just like your home coffee maker
>> makes. Just like coffee drinkers demand. As for "full knowledge that some
>> would get burned," how on earth could anyone predict what would happen?
>> When you boil water at home, do you make it "with full knowledge that some
>> would get burned?"
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> I take a shower most days with the full knowledge that people slip in tubs
> every day, some resulting in very serious injuries. I go swimming in the
> summer with the full knowledge that there is a very small risk of having a
> seizure and drowning. And I go in the car every day with the full knowledge
> that there will be around 115 people dying in car crashes on a given day.
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> Risk is a part of life. And getting burned by coffee is a risk of drinking
> coffee.
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So your argument is that if you get hit by a drunk driver who is negligent
that "Risk is part of life. And getting one's family killed while driving is a
risk of driving," Correct?

Bill

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