On 23/06/2011 04:43 PM, Warp wrote:
> Invisible<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> 3. Cars kill far more people than SARS ever has. Yet people are
>> terrified of SARS, and perfectly OK with cars.
>
>    Because cars are necessary, and hence the small risk is acceptable.
>
>    Sars and bird flu are not necessary and hence any risk whatsoever is
> unacceptable.

Or, to word it differently,

"Cars are unavoidable. SARS is unavoidable."

Just playing devil's advocate here...

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