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   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   Paul M. Cook  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:54:49 -0500, Paul M. Cook wrote:   
   >   
   >> What is amazing is that the people who propose these laws don't   
   >> see the elephant in the room. They're blind; or ignorant; or they   
   >> have an agenda which is not based on the facts of the case.   
   >   
   > Actually, what Jolly Roger said might also be the case.   
      
   I haven't said one word about any laws. I haven't said whether I support   
   any laws either. I have only talked about factual data related to driver   
   performance regarding cell phone use.   
      
   > They may be ignorant, but more likely, they're just driven by   
   > illogical emotion.   
      
   That would be an accurate description of your position.   
      
   > The fact that the overall accident rate doesn't back up their   
   > emotions doesn't faze them, because they're not driven by facts.   
   >   
   > They're driven by emotions.   
      
   Your claim that cell phone use must cause a change in accident rate has no   
   basis in reality. According to you, you are being driven by emotion.   
      
   > So, they only *appear* to be stupid.   
      
   More insults, because you have nothing else.   
      
   > But, in reality, as Jolly Roger said, they're not actually stupid.   
   > They just don't think to find real support for their fears.   
      
   I said no such thing, liar.   
      
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