>>>>>>I sometimes wonder how my generation managed to make it to adulthood without all the rules and regs.
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>>>>>Just keep in mind that we didn't all make it to adulthood. That's the perspective you need whether you're talking about bike helmets, child car seats or child labor laws.
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>>>>>Kids have always died in childhood, some from things we can't prevent, and some from things we can. As a society, we decide what our tolerance is for the latter.
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>>>>>Tamar
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>>>>At what cost and for what benefit?
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>>>And that's exactly what we should ask. Of course, for most of us, if the child whose life is saved is one we know, we're likely to argue that no cost is too much.
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>>Auto accidents are the #1 cause of death of children in America. Can I assume that you never let your children ride in an automobile?
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>You missed my point entirely. I wasn't arguing that we should always take the "no cost is too high to save one child" approach. I was arguing that when it gets personal, most people would think that way. It's the reason anecdotes have such power.
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>Tamar

I understand perfectly.

"Won't somebody please think of the children?" - Helen Lovejoy

Nannystaters actively seek out heart-tugging stories to exploit and nothing tugs at the heart like the death of a child.