Originally Posted by
Lookleft
The 'If" was for the pedants, the "(or when)" was for the realists.
But nothing is ever 100% safe. We risk manage constantly, both consciously and unconsciously in everything we do. Some risk we accept, some we do not based on our appetite for risk and our tolerance for the outcome should we get it wrong. We play the probability game constantly. And sometimes we do get it wrong. That's not to say we shouldn't minimise risk whenever possible, but there is a law of diminishing returns, where at some point you'll say, I'm happy with that.