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|    Harry K to Most Humble Philosopher    |
|    Re: Passing On The Right - Causes Of    |
|    01 Dec 14 12:31:44    |
      From: turnkey@q.com              On Monday, December 1, 2014 8:42:45 AM UTC-8, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble       Philosopher wrote:       > On Monday, December 1, 2014 11:11:42 AM UTC-5, Witziges Rätsel wrote:       > > On 12/1/2014 9:32 AM, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher wrote:       > > >       > > > "Why doesn't the U.S. have freeways, like the German Autobahn, with no       general speed limit?"       > > > Seems a little ironic, given American freedom-loving mentality versus       staid German conservatism!       > > >       > > > My best guess is that the freedom-loving mentality of the Americans is       misguided       > > >and it translates into, say, owning SUVs and guns.       > > >       > > Won't all vehicles very soon operate without drivers? Won't they        > > likely travel as fast as a jet?       >        > I think the Utopia of flying cars is just like that of Jesus.              Ah yes, the dream of flying cars. Can you imagine the chaos if that       happened. We can't even get idiots to drive in straight lines in a       2-dimensional situation. Now imagine our current batch of "drivers" in       airplanes.              Harry K              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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