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   From: liamoconnor@example.com   
      
   On 28 Feb 2014 16:56:31 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:   
      
   > Maybe in your black & white world. Or perhaps you are one of the   
   > assholes we see gripping their phones blabbing to who-know-who while   
   > recklessly speeding in the fast lane.   
      
   You need to calm down the hysteria.   
   Fear creates hysteria. Rightousness creates problems.   
   Remember the retired captain who shot a guy for texting?   
   Don't be like that guy.   
      
   The "fear" is that use of cellphones can contribute to an accident in, oh,   
   I don't know, let's say one out of a half million cases.   
      
   But, your ire against someone using the cellphone happens in, I'd say, 1   
   out of 1 case that you see, which, if you average across the entire state   
   of California, is something like one in 30 million or so.   
      
   So, we're arguing over a law that is aimed at preventing, what?   
   Two? Three? Five? How many accidents in a year?   
      
   Compare that to the number of accidents daily.   
   The result will be astounding.   
      
   Let's end the fear and hysteria and rightousness with fact.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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