On 6/1/2010 3:14 AM, Tom C wrote:
The problem with this whole idea of protecting people (I'm sure this
has been said here, haven't read every post) is... OK fine, protect
baby from consequences of parent's actions. What about after the child
is removed from the car?
1. Might parent lay baby down, and baby roll of changing table? That
could result in severe head trauma resulting in paralysis, loss of
hearing, vision, or death.
2. Might parent let go of toddler's hand? Child could get lost,
abducted, or runover after wandering into street.
3. Might parent allow child to stand in shopping cart? See item 1.
4. Might parent give toy made in China to child? Poor Johnny may
choke to death or get lead poisoning.
5. Might parent leave toxic chemicals in the house where poor Suzy
might drink it? Poor Suzy, she doesn't have lips anymore.
Neither parents or children can be protected from the consequences of
their actions, or the actions of others, 100% of the time, probably
not 1% of the time.
So Tom, you decide to take this argument ad absurdum. Well, after all it
was you who took close up portraits of folks in Chicago with 14 mm lens ;-).
No, we don't want to arrive to the situation described by Issac Asimov's
planet Aurora (I think it was the name) from his robot stories.
But let me ask you a question.
Consider the following realistic scenario:
1. Two years ago you bought a Toyota car (Corolla, Camry, whatever). It
ran for two years without a problem.
2. Two months ago you read on the news that Toyota has massive recall.
You check and your car is among those who you can go with to the
dealership to have it inspected and fixed if need be.
3. Since your car is running fine so many years and miles you decide you
don't need to loose your precious time on rubbish.
4. Next day you crash and upon investigation it turns out that you
crashed because of that part that Toyota found faulty and had to engage
in that massive recall operation.
5. Now, consider carefully, Tom. And I think Bill Robb might take a look
at this as well. Ethically, Tom, you're the one who is totally guilty of
the very sad and unfortunate situation you're in. However, legally you
will most likely go on and sue the hell out of Toyota.
My point being that if you are aware of a specific danger and a specific
way to avoid it that you can implement - ethically you should take
action. Or at least in case of my private code of ethics. But then
again, I am Jewish of Eastern European descent, so that to say that I am
overprotective is to say all too little.
Boris
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