• forrgott@lemm.ee
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    28 days ago

    So what? Still proves that your comparison to tornado drills is, well, utterly ridiculous and without merit…

    • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com
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      28 days ago

      Not ridiculous, the odds of either event injuring or killing any particular individual are vanishingly small. A person who worries about school shootings should be positively terrified of climbing ladders or crossing a busy road.

      People are really bad at contextualizing risk. Just look at the “stranger danger” scare.

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
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        27 days ago

        You’ve moved the goalpost from “odds of happening” to “odds of injury or death”.

        I’m sure you’ll move it to “physical injury” when it’s pointed out that a single school shooting has major and long lasting effects on children’s mental health, even if they themselves never even see the shooter.