[pessimizer]

> If one cannot see the potential for harm in such scenarios

This is a strawman. Nobody claimed that any activity was perfectly safe.

[anonymousab]

> > these things are accidents bound to happen > Dunno, I have used both since I was like 13 ... I don't remember any accidents.

Seems like their response is kind of implying an inaccurate level of safety, along the lines of "Well I didn't have issues, so..."

[Treblemaker]

Nothing is "perfectly safe". Many things are egregiously, unnecessarily unsafe.