Quote: Yes.
Everybody dies - one death per person. There's no way to increase that number. An increased risk that somebody might die is only an increased risk that
somebody might die sooner rather than later.
And the proposed reduction in freedom doesn't apply to just me - it applies to everyone, including people not yet born. What right do I have to
impose restrictions on somebody I don't even know, just to be allowed to live one more hour that I wouldn't have?
But you aren't deciding who lives longer or not. It is trying to prevent someone else from forcing thier
choice on a third party.Now while I understand your position a lot better, I reject it strongly
because... for lack of better terms ..I believe it is very self centered. I don't see the difference between
your statement and 'Why help anyone else since we all are gonna die anyway?'
Quote: Reduced freedom for everybody just to get a few more years of life for a few people - that's too high a price, in my opinion.
But where's the cut off number then? 10000? 100000? 1000000? For me it is one. Unreasonable maybe but ..I've always beieved
that the worst thing you can have is regrets on something like this. If you do the best you can and still fail then you can honestly say
you have none and I honestly believe the US gov. was striving to do their best in this.
Quote: (If there was a way to get that few more years of life for a few people without trampling on the freedom of everyone, then I'd say "go for
it"... but that isn't what we're discussing here.)
Same here. Thanks for the response overall.