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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-08 05:26 PM
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13. There's a famous thought experiment...
Edited on Mon Nov-10-08 05:56 PM by Bornaginhooligan
usually involving crisis management, or environmentalist, but it doesn't really matter.

Which is worse:

Slow, widespread use and release of a toxic chemical which kills 100 people across the country every year over ten years?

Or the catastrophc train accident that kills five hundred people at once?

I'd argue the former is worse, but most people's knee jerk reaction is the latter.
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