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From: jollyroger@pobox.com
On 2014-03-10, Brent wrote:
> On 2014-03-10, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Talk to some anti-car folks and they'll tell you cars are killing
> machines.
And yet, that is not their primary purpose.
> Meanwhile millions upon millions of guns kill nothing. Take out
> governments' wars and the purpose of guns becomes clearly one of not
> killing people. Just like any tool, any object, it's main purpose is the
> purpose of those who control it.
Guns are designed to kill. Cars are designed to transport people and
things places.
>>>> 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.
>
> Drive a eight lane interstate late at night at the 55mph PSL and get
> back to me.
Please. I drive 55mph often as it's the speed limit on a lot of the
highways I travel regularly, and the idiots racing each other going 75
and 80 in the middle and right lanes, apparent drunkard drivers, and
dumb asses who can't figure out how to merge without making everyone
else get out of their way are plenty enough to keep things interesting.
>>> 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.
>
> In Mark Rask's book he discusses the PA turn pike. It opened without a
> speed limit. When a speed limit was imposed it was suggested each driver
> be given a cup of coffee at the toll booth to stay awake.
>
> So again, drive an interstate at 55mph and get back to me. Even at 70
> most are boring.
You must think I never drive or something. Again, there are plenty
enough idiots on the rod to make things interesting. Every single time I
drive I meet at least one - usually more than one. The longer the drive,
the more chances there are.
> Driving has been made boring by the same people who now
> think that bans on a few contributing factors to bad driving can fix
> things.
Really? Let's say you're right about the reason driving is supposedly
boring (not that I believe your reason) - how exactly would driving be
more interesting without these people who think bans can fix things?
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