Mike <erazmus@WANTREE.COM.AU> wrote:
> we can all do better to reduce risk - especially for the innocent, like our
> Children.

Does this mean that there are some people who aren't innocent, and thus
deserve to have their clock-radio or PC burn down their house?

And does it mean that children's lives are more valuable than those of adults?

This sort of thing annoys me greatly.  It reminds me of how, after the
Challenger disaster, lots of people complained about how terrible it was
because a teacher was on board.  Apparently one teacher's life is considered
more valuable than six astronauts' lives.

Even worse (IMNSHO) are the people who claim that dollar values can't be
placed on human life.  I presume that those people go out of their way to
buy cars with the 55 MPH bumpers that Ralph Nader was trying to get Congress
to mandate (the bumpers that are longer than the cars).  In the real world,
dollar values are placed on human life all the time.  It's not possible to
provide complete safety, and the more safety you want, the more things cost.
Even if you don't consciously consider it, every time you buy a potentially
dangerous product like a car, you *have* placed a value on life.  After all,
you could have bought a more expensive, safer car if you really wanted to.

Too bad no one makes peril-sensitive sunglasses yet.  Maybe they could be
PIC-based.  :-)

Eric