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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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