Hi @Jeremy. Your logic is actually flawed. “Cancer” is abnormal cell division. Cell division isn’t bad- it’s good. Without it we die. Abnormal cell division is bad. Cancer happens when a “good” or “neutral” cell does something harmful that it isn’t supposed to. The allegory isn’t guns=cancer; it would be gun crime=cancer. So I think we can all agree- and the point being made was- that when guns are used to “break the rules” of what one is supposed to do with them- they are bad. When used to preserve life or protect against threat- they are not “bad” in totality.
If you want a biological analog you’d want to use white blood cells. They are produced by the body for protection against dangers. White blood cells aren’t inherently bad- but when they suddenly spring to action such as to fight a bacteria-they can cause discomfort and inflammation or other issues. What’s more- white blood cells can sometimes attack their own body such as in autoimmune diseases- this can be deadly or destructive to the body. White blood cells can also “overreact” such is the case with allergies- so that they are used when not appropriate to the threat at hand and cause harm.
And lastly- your proposition seems to ignore benign cancers- the existence of cancer cells within the body that have no real harm on the body or its functions. Really- in human terms cancer cells are just cells that were made, or decided to be different in some way. Would that be your yardstick for our society? That which is different should be destroyed, all should exist to rigid spec and only with explicit purpose; that without practical value to the established system should not exist?
They're inanimate
They're neither good nor bad
It´s an inanimate object
It's neither good nor bad
More cancer please