This harks back to a similar debate during WW1 when it was argued that giving pilots parachutes might cause them to abandon their machines prematurely. The fact remains that two people are walking around today who otherwise would be being mourned by their loved ones and that has to be the prevailing view...
Somehow we need to get across to low time pilots that the difference between operating in IMC during training exercises and doing it for real is much greater than you think.