From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com
On 2014-03-03, nospam wrote:
> In article , Brent
> wrote:
>
>> > Disabling the phones and other electronic media in motion is in the wind
>> > and it will come since drivers will not curb their use while driving.
>>
>> People want to be treated like children.
>
> no they don't, and nobody is going to tolerate a denial of service of
> their personal devices anyway.
I think I should be more detailed so we can agree.
People keep asking for more government. They want government to take
care of things for them. Also they accept the principle of 'if one
person can't handle it, ban it for everyone' that we grow up with in the
government schools. Basically what Harry wants here. It usually takes
the form of going after something other people do but not what they do.
This is why only certain things are targeted for distracted driving but
not other things. Another reason the specific gets pushed is because
some childish people decide that if there is no specific law on
something to punish them, they'll cause problems for everyone around
them by doing it.
In the end there is a huge hunk of the population that wants to be
treated like children, behave like children, and/or wants other people
treated like children. There's a rather small minority of people who say
'do what you want so long as it doesn't bother me'. Those people are
portrayed as uncaring kooks.
>> Government wants power to
>> treat people like children.
> that they do.
>> Many forms of distraction remain legal and socially acceptable. If this
>> were about driving the poor driving would be dealt with, not just a few
>> arbitrary possible causes.
> exactly.
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