In a message dated 1/27/98 9:41:45 AM, gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu writes:
>>
>> Here in the US it's design to the lowest common denominator (assume people
>are
>> idiots and will take no resposibilty for their actions) vs make people
>go to
>> drivers school and learn to buckle up. I think the lawyers like to keep
>it that way
>> (only in America can grandma sue McDonalds for 60 mil cause she spilled
>hot
>> coffe on herself :-( With that mentality there is supposed to be the
>equivalent
>> of mommy to tuck you into your car (you don't know how yourself) so we
>get things
>> like the motorized seat-belt thingies and seat-belt spider-webs to get
>entangled
>> in. Rational ideas have little to do with it! :-)
>>
>>
>> -Bob T.
>>
>
>Yeah, don't you hate that, whatever happened to survival of the fittest,
>nowdays in the U.S. we're protecting the idiots from themselves, I don't
>think we should, I think we should just let them destroy themselves....
>
>Bruce
Yes, but Bruce, never underestimate the political power of stupid people in
large herds.
Magpie
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