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   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2014-03-10, Brent  wrote:   
   > On 2014-03-10, Your Name  wrote:   
   >   
   >> You're never going to convince the idiot brigade that removing any   
   >> unnecessary distraction which reduces accidents is a good thing ...   
   >> just look at the moronic stupidity of continuing to allow public gun   
   >> use in America despite the ever increasing number of school / mall   
   >> shooting sprees.  :-\   
   >   
   > The root cause of the shootings is most likely the FDA approved,   
   > government licensed doctor prescribed drugs. They are the common   
   > thread and violent and/or suicidal outbursts are known side effects.   
   > Blaming guns is like blaming the car.   
      
   That might be true if a car's main purpose was to kill. Nice try.   
      
   >> The idiot brigade simply wants to do whatever they want to do, and   
   >> couldn't care less about anyone else ... until they are the ones   
   >> experiencing the problem (e.g. a son dies in a car smash), and then   
   >> they instantly change sides and campaign for a ban.   
   >   
   > Driving in the USA is dumbed down so much that the result is bordom.   
      
   I couldn't disagree more with your assessment. I certainly don't find   
   driving defensively boring at all. There are many challenges present the   
   minute you enter the road, and there are many ways to improve your   
   driving skills without distracting yourself with things that have   
   nothing at all to do with the task at hand.   
      
   > This is the direction things started heading in the 1930s. As driving   
   > becomes more boring it becomes something people do while doing something   
   > else. They need entertainment while driving because driving is boring.   
   > In order to discourage driving it is now being made painful in some   
   > places. This only drives people to diversion to numb the pain of sitting   
   > in endless traffic jams.   
      
   Blame the boredom. Got it.   
      
   > Americans don't root cause. It's an obey and punish society. People   
   > feel instead of think. Thus only a few socially unacceptable   
   > distractions are banned. Furthermore if bad driving were punished then   
   > it wouldn't play social favorites with regards to contributing factors   
   > for the bad driving.   
      
   You must have used an extremely small sample size to arrive at this   
   conclusion. Try again with more.   
      
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