But does the chance of an accident outweight the warmth and lack of use of legs
that driving brings?
( CowJam, Wed 12 Dec 2007, 9:32, archived)

Does the chance of a mental chopping off your head
outweigh the tingy feeling in your belly that owning a sword brings?

I have no idea. Let's report both sides of the story with some objective statistics and see what The People think. Because of the unique way we're funded and that.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 12 Dec 2007, 9:35, archived)

I've no idea
It's a purely hypothetical standpoint, and not one I would ever subscribe to.

But if you approach the samurai sword argument from that direction, then the benefits "none" are always going to be outweighed by the miniscule risk "someone might get cut"
(loutre I've said too much, been too unkind, Wed 12 Dec 2007, 9:39, archived)