[gaze]

You know, I hear people use this excuse to justify bad behavior a lot. I once heard a bike messenger tell me that brakes gave him a false sense of security so that's why he didn't have a brake on his fixed gear bicycle.

[hyperbovine]

OTOH, I also see a lot of people justifying their point with a single random anecdote. (But I agree wholeheartedly re: fixies and brakes.)

[coldtea]

To disprove an absolute statement ("all X are Y") all you need is a single random anecdote.