[muawiyah]

Nobody gets scarred for life. The human mind is quite resillient. We rise up from our baser natures. Maybe you didn’t but I have.

[Vindibudd]

Apparently, you haven’t, because you have resorted to a “baser” ad hominem attack to my simple analogy.

[muawiyah]

Hmmm, ad hominem? You're the guy who started talking about people being "scarred for life" ~ alas, it's a concept that must necessarily arise out of one's own experience.

Frankly, I don't think that happens. Sure, I have memories of "horrible things" ~ e.g. like sliding down an icy hill in winter into the path of a speeding train, but beyond counseling me to be very cautious around trains, it didn't exatly "scar me".

At the same time I can recall the black form of the train bearing down on us and then being thrown around the inside of our Willys Jeep Station Wagon ~ with a uniweld body!

I do like safe cars.