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Objectivism doesn't work.
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I'm not afraid of being in a situation like that. If my child were, I'd hope I would be.
Which would be an immediate, emotional response not based on logic. That doesn't make it bad parenting for someone to not be bothered by it, all it means is that they took a moment to say "Oh, wait a minute, it's perfectly safe, that's fine."
And please, you're better than the route you're taking. By your logic, I could make an asinine claim myself. I could claim that spending 10 years in prison could be necessary because it's also an experience will shape your life. Although in all honesty, your extreme claim doesn't really work anyway as there's no benefit you could get out of it. Especially not at 4 or 5 years old not knowing any better. The only way it could shape you is if the animal broke out and severely injured you... Oh... Right.
That's entirely my point. It is asinine to say it's a basic necessity of life. I'm not saying it's a basic necessity of life. What I am saying is that driving your car to the zoo isn't, either. There are plenty of ways to gain life experiences that are, statistically, less dangerous than driving to the zoo. And yet we consider it to be an acceptable risk. So, when you're at the zoo, doing something much less dangerous than actually driving to the zoo, there's no reason that shouldn't be considered an acceptable risk as well.
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