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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So are all you lap-seaters making the argument that your arms can safely hold a child in unexpected, violent movements of the plane?  So why put them in a car seat in a car if carrying a kid in your arms is safe?

Apples and oranges.  Air travel is safer than cars in general, but children can become projectiles in a bad situation. The FAA may allow lap children, but they don't recommend it at all.

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People aren't making that argument.  People are arguing that the kind of situations where a child would be protected on a plane, are incredibly rare, and that a child in arms in a plane is still far safer than a child in a carseat in a car.

There are lots of safety devices that people use in high risk situations that they don't use in lower risk situations.  I make my child wear risk guards when he skateboards.  I don't make the same child wear wristguards while playing golf.  Is it possible that he could trip and fall while crossing a concrete path at the golf course?  Yes, but the likelihood is far far lower, so I make a calculation of risk that works for us.  [/quote]

Only a moron would equate skateboarding and golf to each other or think that it was an appropriate analogy for a car vs. Plane debate.

Choose cheapness over safety if you want but don't justify it in such moronic ways. Just say you are cheap and move on.[/quote]

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