(July 25, 2016 at 11:03 am)CapnAwesome Wrote:(July 25, 2016 at 9:43 am)wallym Wrote: It's an interesting question of how much risk is an okay amount of risk. And then the secondary question of how much risk is okay to subject other people to. I don't mind you picking up hitchhikers, because you're assuming all the risk.
A hypothetical: If there are 10k syrian refugees. And exactly 1 of them will attempt a terrorist attack, do you let them in? It's statistically unlikely any individual american will be harmed by the 1 attack, but that will be little consolation to the 3 people who get killed. It's a tough balance to strike because there is no way for you to assume all the risk like there is in hitchhiking.
It's actually a very good comparison. Picking up hitchhikers is very safe after all, they are in your car which you are driving and like with the refugees, you can talk to the hitchhikers first and don't have to let them into your car and if you do you can keep track of them. That's how we can vet the refugees in a way the Europe cannot. Also this is a situation that we played a part in creating. How could we as Americans not do something to help?
Also, I'm not afraid of picking up hitchhikers and I'm not afraid of terrorism. I'm not going to live my life as though some worst case scenario is around the corner and I think that's a shitty way for a country to act too.
A gun would probably complicate the 'your car' safety bubble.
I have become more risk averse due to having a young child. When she's 18, I'll likely worry about dying less. But I feel a ton of pressure not to die for the next 10-15 years. Like I said, I'm cool with you picking up hitchhikers. But if I was in your car, I'd complain. If I were in the car with my kid, I'd throw a hissy fit that would scare away the hitchhiker.
