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Originally Posted by mangajunky
You may get your wish - there was talk of enacting similar laws in NYC. I say let Darwin sort em out. No need for the government to be poking more into our lives.
Now talking on the cell phone in a place I can't get away from - that should be illegal. Nothing I hate worse than some yenta sitting next to me on the bus and blabbing away to pass the time. My cell phone calls on the bus are: "I'm on the bus, what's up? - okay cool, meet you @ blah blah blah - call you back in a couple of minutes - bye."
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Well, I would agree with you, if I thought that Darwinism-like selection were in my favor in this instance. It's not. They're more a danger to me than themselves. Just like the drunk driver, they usually are unscathed. But they cause accidents that harm others, if not themselves. For example, if I have to suddenly brake in my car because some yo-yo darts out against the light and doesn't know I'm there because he or she is gabbing away on the phone or plugged into their little music world, I might get rear-ended by the car behind me that can't stop in time--or who knows how else mess up the traffic around me.