Someone should make looking at your phone while driving illegal. Maybe even slap it with a catchy name like “distracted driving” and make the issue a whole big deal.

That doesn’t mean making an effort to minimize harm is pointless, it just means you’ll never get it to zero. Touting that phrase all too often turns into a band-aid to excuse less-ethical choices, just because someone’s always getting screwed somewhere.

“Things can always get worse” is a pretty shit justification to say things aren’t bad now.