I'm not sure that really answers the points that are being raised.
Those points don't really get 'answered', they just get regurgitated, argued, and eventually left to sleep for a month or so, until a new thread like this appears... As someone pointed out we are a much bigger risk to ourself through poor decision making than the aircraft is to us mechanically, we should really concentrate more effort on the importance of choosing a good school/instructor, sensible decision making, and good airmanship. You'd be very unlucky for the helicopter to fail you catastrophically in any helicopter, especially if you're not flying them everyday...