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Comment author: torekp 14 January 2015 11:09:39PM 2 points [-]

A gradual falling-off of concern with distance seems more graceful than suddenly going from all to nothing. It's not like the legal driving age, where there's strong practical reason for a small number of sharp cut-offs.