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   Jolly Roger to Liam O'Connor   
   Re: Finally, California drivers can read   
   02 Mar 14 16:55:53   
   
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   XPost: comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2014-03-02, Liam O'Connor  wrote:   
   > On Sat, 1 Mar 2014 16:41:48 -0800, Savageduck wrote:   
   >   
   >> When do you turn 18?   
   >   
   > Why, if you don't like what I propose as perfectly valid logic,   
   > do you respond with childish insults?   
   >   
   > This is socratic dialog.   
   >   
   > The point remains.   
   >   
   > If cellphone use is dangerous, then the huge increase in cellphone   
   > use *must* be showing a correspondingly huge increase in *danger*.   
   >   
   > If not, then cellphone use isn't dangerous.   
   >   
   > What part of that logical argument do you feel is in err?   
      
   Only that you are clearly ignoring the myriad of other factors that can   
   influence crash rates and so on. You have real problems distinguishing   
   correlation from causation, it appears.   
      
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