I concur with Nina here. I hadn't looked at the link until now. It completely sets aside the fact that some harmful behaviors have effects that extend beyond the primary actor, and the nature of epidemiology or second-hand / second-order effects. (Along the same line of "let them smoke" without regard to the direct impacts to spouses and children, etc etc. But ... worse.)
@tychotithonus @nsa @bencurthoys @robertatcara
if it were something without such a huge blast radius, maybe
the trouble is, it doesn't just harm their kids. (even if it did, that's uncomfortable)
there's some amount of "leakage" out of any particular neighborhood lead by stupid people.
leakage that can help the virus evolve by being harbored
a similar kind of thing happens with other infections like racism
giving them respite to regroup and rebuild vs eliminating any "daughters of the confederacy" remaining
@tychotithonus @nsa @bencurthoys @robertatcara
if it were something without such a huge blast radius, maybe
the trouble is, it doesn't just harm their kids. (even if it did, that's uncomfortable)
there's some amount of "leakage" out of any particular neighborhood lead by stupid people.
leakage that can help the virus evolve by being harbored