XPost: comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net   
      
   On 3/10/2014 11:15 AM, Lewis wrote:   
   > 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!   
   >   
   But the decrease in pirates caused global warming [1], so increased   
   piracy is a good thing. ;)   
      
   [1] If you disagree, the Flying Spaghetti Monster will whack you with   
   His Noodly Appendage.   
      
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