The belief efforts to protect people from calamity will only lead to them being more careless, and bringing on more calamity.
This is a fallacy because it (a) assumes people can adjust personal risk to replicate an incomparable situation, and (b) it confusing risk-taking and risky behavior. "Risk-taking" is a neutral term that includes anything that increases risk in some way, such as operating a machine at a higher speed. This usually is done to get some other benefit. "Risky behavior" is foolish, feckless, or sloppy behavior that has no intrinsic utility to the person engaging in it.
This is a fallacy because it (a) assumes people can adjust personal risk to replicate an incomparable situation, and (b) it confusing risk-taking and risky behavior. "Risk-taking" is a neutral term that includes anything that increases risk in some way, such as operating a machine at a higher speed. This usually is done to get some other benefit. "Risky behavior" is foolish, feckless, or sloppy behavior that has no intrinsic utility to the person engaging in it.
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A certain type of guy who may or may not necessarily be a homosexual, but acts and conducts himself in a manner that makes his own mother question so.
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A certain type of guy who may or may not necessarily be a homosexual, but acts and conducts himself in a manner that makes his own mother question so.
Limp wristed and camp. Normally is very stylish and is open to wearing heeled boots. Often a pleasure to have around, but if you saw them out of context from afar you would think “Christ here we go”.
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