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I can make a similar argumentum ad absurdum, but on the other side. I don't like chocolate ice cream. I never eat it anyway, so I have absolutely no problem with it being banned.


When chocolate ice cream kills over 30,000 innocent people a year in the US, and about half a million around the world, every single year, that will become a valid argument. The point is that huge, heavy, and fast metal machines should not be permitted to operate in cities without substantially greater restriction.


The fact that you eat chocolate ice cream doesn't affect my health, only yours.

The fact that you drive a car affects the health of everyone living in the city, takes a huge amount of public space, and makes cities ugly and less habitable.

I guess you can understand the difference.


I understand the difference, but the argument I'm criticizing is insufficient.


Do you use to down-vote opinions that differ from yours?




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