Comment by Osmoticat

    Many people have looked at this copy function and
    thought that it is not defective. They claim that, as
    long as it's used correctly, it is correct. One person
    even went so far as to say, "It's not defective, it's
    just unsafe." Odd, since I'm sure this person wouldn't
    get into a car if the manufacturer said, "Our car is
    not defective, it's just unsafe."

Terrible analogy.

A rapidly spinning piece of steel is unsafe, flammable liquids are unsafe, sparking hot metal is unsafe, cars contain all of them.

A copy function is obviously a component, and not a whole car.