You say ice cream - let's take fishing. Fishing is known to be a very dangerous profession, and people can and do die at sea.
From a brief Google, there are some fatalities most years. 10 in 2021. 6 a couple years before that.
And many hundreds of injuries.
Would people stop eating fish to stop the deaths? Clearly, no.
People don't want to die, but accidents happen. Sheet happens. We accept it. We keep eating fish.
That said, we do take steps to try to minimise risk, whenever possible. Particular breeds of dog do represent an elevated risk, as they were bred to fight. I'm not sure I see the need for chavs to own said dogs, and would be perfectly fine with a total ban on some breeds.
But any dog can be dangerous. And it's a risk that, collectively, we seem happy to accept. The reason is pretty obvious. Dogs that don't kill you only make you stronger. Or something.
e: also, how has this thread reached 100+ pages? (Or 3.14159 pages for the weirdos with page size fetish). No, I'm not going to go back and read it all. Aint nobody got time for that. But an abridged version would be nice, if someone could volunteer?
When dave goes fishing and his boat sinks, does little timmy playing in the park get ripped to pieces?