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   Lewis to Jolly Roger   
   Re: Finally, California drivers can read   
   10 Mar 14 16:15:56   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   In message    
     Jolly Roger  wrote:   
   > On 2014-03-10, Ashton Crusher  wrote:   
   >>   People were having car accidents LONG before there were cell phones.   
   >> If cell phones were particularly dangerous the highways would be awash   
   >> in blood.  But they aren't.  Think about it. 15 years ago hardly   
   >> anyone had a cell phone.  Now EVERYONE has one and a lot of them are   
   >> used while driving.  Yet over that same 15 years the accident and   
   >> fatality rate has continued is slow reduction with less and less   
   >> accidents every year.   
      
   > Yeah, and if cell phones and cars were the only things that existed in   
   > this world, you *might* have a point. Please read and learn the   
   > difference between correlation and causation. It's a very important   
   > difference.   
      
   I've noticed the increase in piracy in recent years matches up   
   perfectly with the decrease in traffic accidents. Obviously pirates   
   prevent auto accidents!   
      
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