That's a great point. Using a cross-walk instead of jaywalking doesn't prevent a person from being hit by a car. Eating a low-fat diet doesn't prevent heart attacks. Not smoking doesn't prevent lung cancer. Kevlar doesn't prevent soldiers from being shot. Wearing a seatbelt doesn't prevent an automobile accident. Being a good parent doesn't prevent your kid from making bad choices. Posting on FR doesn't prevent your IQ being lowered by reading mindless drivel.
You're a genius! Instead of posting here, you should be telling Obama and Geithner how to fix the world.
Your list of self congratulatory sarcastic responses has nothing to do with what I stated.
Protective gear does not prevent the incident; it may prevent or lesson injuries from the incident but does not prevent the incident.
Using a cross-walk instead of jaywalking doesn't prevent a person from being hit by a car.
No it doesn't but it does put you in a zone to which drivers are supposed to be more alert and yielding to pedestrians.
Eating a low-fat diet doesn't prevent heart attacks.
Not smoking doesn't prevent lung cancer.
Again, you are correct, it doesn't. Lung cancer can occur in nonsmokers. But this has nothing to do with the fact that PPE does not prevent incidents.
Kevlar doesn't prevent soldiers from being shot.
Here you are incorrect and prove my point. Kevlar reduces or eliminates the injury from the bullet but does not prevent the soldier from being shot. A soldier that is shot in the helmet or vest is still shot. Try to convince one otherwise.
Thank you for proving my point that PPE does not prevent the incident, but may prevent or reduce injuries. May.
Wearing a seatbelt doesn't prevent an automobile accident.
You are correct, it doesn't and helps prove my point...protective devices don't prevent the incident, they may prevent or reduce the severity of the injuries resulting from the incident.
Thank you for again proving my point.
Being a good parent doesn't prevent your kid from making bad choices.
Correct and again irrelevant.
Posting on FR doesn't prevent your IQ being lowered by reading mindless drivel.
I read your posts and it was not sufficiently mindless drivel to reduce my IQ a bit.
Something tells me you've been wearing a helmet for most of your life and probably rode in a very special school bus for uniquely abled persons.