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Originally Posted by Spats McGee
The anti-gun folks keep saying "if it saves only one life, X must be done!" One problem with this thinking is that it operates on the assumption that all lives are of equal value. I take the (politically unpopular) position that some lives are actually more valuable than others.
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Politically unpopular, yes.
Actuarially, not so much. The insurance industry (and the courts) do it all the time.
And this is where the whole thing breaks down. When you compare the cost of these measures with the value, in actuarial terms, of one child's life... it's absurd.
But I'm really, really careful in picking the people with whom I use this argument. Most hate it.
"Priceless" is one of my least favorite words.