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|    Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Phi to Alan Baker    |
|    Re: Myth: The motor car is the ultimate     |
|    06 Jan 15 17:18:26    |
      From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com              On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 7:12:43 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:       > On 2015-01-07 00:07:27 +0000, Free Spirit, Chief of Quixotic Enterprises       said:       >       > > On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 3:40:23 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:       > >> On 2015-01-06 20:35:15 +0000, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher       said:       > >       > >>> Not only it's imperfect, it's unnecessary. "Whatever is not necessary,       > >>> it's unnecessary." ;)       > >>       > >> Sorry, but you're not qualified to say that.       > >>       > >> From your latest pictures, its clear the purpose of those islands is to       > >> prevent cars from parking too close to the corner.       > >       > > I'll give you 24 hours to come up with a better excuse.       > >       > > You can prevent cars from parking near corners by issuing tickets or       > > towing. That's a great way to generate revenues as well.       >       > That's far less efficient. Issuing tickets and towing only deal with       > the problem after the fact. They don't prevent the unwanted activity       > from happening in the first place.              Prevention? You blow your tire or brake you axle when you hit that.              That's more money than a ticket.       >       > >       > > Tell your city not to do that crappy design. It's contagious, now       > > moving into the very poor ghettos.       > >       > > http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac18/thetibetanmonkey/COR       UPTION/052314161725_zps250de33a.jpg       > >       >       > How does a picture of what is clearly sidewalk construction or repair       > show corruption?              When they set up to work on a corner, you know what it means. Be prepared for       a safety hazard.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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