• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    If it isn’t intentional then isn’t it by definition an accident?

    If I break my leg while mountainbiking it seems a bit unreasonable to claim that it wasn’t an accident because mountainbiking is an extreme sport and this could’ve been avoided if I was knitting instead.

    • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      I’m speeding through a school zone at 60km/h… I didnt INTEND to kill anyone, but i didnt see the crosswalk and mowed down a bunch of pedestrians.

      This is not an accident. Entirely preventable. Intent doesnt matter

      The vast majority of car collisions are entirely avoidable.

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        11 months ago

        It’s still an accident. Just look up the definition. I’d wager to say most accidents are entirely preventable as well, but that’s not what determines whether something was an accident