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   John David Galt to ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixo   
   Re: Would you support a "stick shift onl   
   25 May 10 14:22:26   
   
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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: jdg@diogenes.sacramento.ca.us   
      
   On 2010-05-24 10:59, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and   
   Chief of Quixotic Enterprises wrote:   
   > In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic,   
   > which even a monkey can do. The result is that obviously we got a   
   > bunch of monkeys driving, some of them wanting to be "king of the   
   > road" and driving SUVs... Of course, this "automatic pilot" driving   
   > facilitates all the other crazy stuff such as: TALKING ON THE PHONE,   
   > NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, ZIGZAGGING, which makes driving such a game of   
   > Russian Roulette...   
   >   
   > So is this IDIOCRACY reversible, or we just have to live with it?   
      
   Any idiot can drive a slushbox; there's more to know with a stick-shift.   
   So if you want a restricted license it should be "no stick shifts", not   
   stick-shift-only.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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