> You don't get the right to harm other people's health, even if there are already other unhealthy things present.
What about the effects of pollution emitted when you drive a car?
What about the effects of pollution emitted when you drive a car?
You are making really good arguments for banning/regulating other harmful things - You are not making good arguments for allowing a known harmful thing to continue unregulated.
In contrast, everyone in society benefits from the mobility and economic activity facilitated by transportation. Even if you never drive a car, take a bus, or even leave your house, you are better off because of cars, busses, trains, and airplanes because of the increased economic growth they facilitate. The benefit and the harm are both fully socialized.
AlexandrB was dismissing one argument because he found a bigger issue.