02-Mar-2012, 8:22 AM
I stand corrected about the source of the warnings; do you happen to know what percentage of warnings actually result in tornados (and of those, how many actually claim lives)? I just can't believe, with all the storm warnings I used to hear back home, that a significant number were actually worth heeding. I certainly never read anything in the newspaper that talked about tornado victims (not that this proves anything, of course).
I really don't think that it is a "shoddy excuse." Even if only 5% of the things we're told cause cancer actually do, the odds are still pretty good that you're going to contract it eventually. Did Iraq have weapons of mass destruction? What if there was a 1% chance that they did, and, presuming that they did, a 1% chance of them using them against us? Sure, a "crying wolf" theory might get you killed...but so might a lot of other things.
I guess it comes down to how much you value your existence vs. how much you value the quality of your life (i.e., how willing you are to respond to warnings).
I really don't think that it is a "shoddy excuse." Even if only 5% of the things we're told cause cancer actually do, the odds are still pretty good that you're going to contract it eventually. Did Iraq have weapons of mass destruction? What if there was a 1% chance that they did, and, presuming that they did, a 1% chance of them using them against us? Sure, a "crying wolf" theory might get you killed...but so might a lot of other things.
I guess it comes down to how much you value your existence vs. how much you value the quality of your life (i.e., how willing you are to respond to warnings).
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