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It was a bad analogy. If a kid down the street died while drunk driving, you'd definitely tell your kid about it and teach them safe drinking habits.

If a kid in your neighborhood died from playing with a gun, you'd definitely tell your child about it and teach them about handling firearms.

(Assuming they are mature enough to process that information.)

You're right though that using old models of reactors doesn't contribute much signal to the discussion of safe, modern reactors, but it does provide a sense of scale to what happens when humans cut corners to save costs.