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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 20:44:18 +0000, Patty Winter wrote:   
   >   
   >> The distraction is constant--and it doesn't immediately stop   
   >> if there's an issue on the road.   
   >   
   > Patty,   
   >   
   > Do you think light bends when it passes by a massive object?   
   >   
   > Common sense says that light doesn't bend.   
      
   Bullshit - it is common knowledge that the path of light particles are   
   altered by gravitational forces. It's called gravitational lending and has   
   been around since Einstein's general theory of relativity.   
      
   > If the common sense assumption that cellphones cause accidents is   
   > true, then, given the astoundingly huge number of cellphones in   
   > cars in the USA (basically 100%), the accident rate *must* go up.   
      
   Nope. Accident rate is controlled by many factors unrelated to cell phone   
   use. You just keep repeating this lie as if somehow it will magically   
   become true. Insanity.   
      
   > It's the elephant in the room   
      
   There's no elephant in the room. You are hallucinating.   
      
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