Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Kurt Huhn]

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:18:47 -0700 (PDT)
Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:

> > Do you *really* want to slam on your brakes when you *know* that a
> > large portion of the population follows too closely anyway?  Are you
> > *really* going to take that chance for a squirrel?  Is that *really*
> > an acceptable risk?
> 
> The point is that you really do not know that it is a squirrel, you
> see SOMETHING jumping into your field of view. Humans are designed to
> react to fast moving objects that come into our peripheral view. OK? I

*I* know what's a squirrel and what's not.  Failure to recognize what's
moving across your vision is unacceptable.  Anything else means that you
aren't paying attention.

> do not have to worry about the fact that someone may be following me
> and has a problem with over speeding while towing or lack of proper
> maintenance in their cars. Every driver has to react to the dangers in
> front of him or her, on top of that you are shifting the burden of
> those drivers who are not able to react to the dangers in front of
> them... to those who did deal with them? I was taught to drive under
> the assumption that you can not make any assumptions about the state
> of hte traffic in front of you. If you can not react to a stopped
> vehicle, same can be said for a fallen tree, road emergency condition,
> etc. So yes, if you were not able to stop... it is your fault.
> 

Look, since you're world is so black and white, why don't you tell me
who's at fault if the asshole in front of you slams on their brakes with
malicious intent?  Is it still the fault of the poor sap that rear ends
the asshole?

If you can't recognize that extenuating circumstances exist, you're
world is a very small one indeed.

> 
> Huh? So every car should be an SUV? There are strict car safety
> regulations, teh problem is that SUC manufacturers use the "truck"
> loophole to get away with them. Why not making the SUV's bumpers
> compliant, afterall there are MORE cars on the road around the world,
> and SUVs are a relative new design.
> 

So, what about trucks?  Okay, screw the SUVs (and the term) and we all
own trucks.  Now what do you do?

Where do you draw the line?  Where does the regulation of every facet of
your daily life end?

Hey, shit happens, that doesn't mean we should regulate it all.

> 
> I assume then, we need to get away with handicap laws, right? Afterall
> only a very insignificant percentage of the population benefits from
> them... I like my sidewalks tall and proud!

Don't even get me started on that line of bullshit.  The handicap laws
have been used and abused seven different ways from Sunday, and often
with very little benefit to people who are *actually* handicapped.

I'm happy with a little bit of grey area here and there, but you seem to
want to fit everything into nice, neat, tidy little packages and
all-encompassing statements.  Well, the world isn't that simple, bro. 
Not by a long shot.

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