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Posted on: August 22, 2016 at 13:36:33 CT
Spanky
KU
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In pickletopia, this is an unavoidable accident.
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:11:13
Apparently, it's unavoidable in Spanktopia. Also, this
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 13:17:33
In cases where tragedy is avoided by taking the drunk driver
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 14:00:30
what tragedy are you claiming is avoided, Jeff? (nm)
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 14:20:30
Tragedies avoided because people did not drive drunk, or
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 14:37:09
tragedies can be prevented in a ton of ways, Jeff, what is
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 14:44:25
Various states have experimented with various strategies
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 15:57:46
How do YOU propose preventing Drunk Drivers killing
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 14:57:28
If that is truly your goal, it's simple. Eliminate driving.
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 15:11:22
Is that your answer? Really?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:13:10
You can eliminate everything if you're willing to pay the
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 15:14:59
Why not attack the leading causes?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:16:31
The only common cause is driving. The logical way to do
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 15:21:24
Nope.. The only common cause is breathing
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:25:07
the common cause is birth. eliminate birth. (nm)
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:28:09
So then eliminate all driving. (nm)
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:18:51
reductio ad absurdum. (nm)
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:19:55
Less than 5% of all traffic fatalities are people hit by a
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:23:45
Less than 1% of all gun fatalities are from monkeys firing
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 16:11:45
That is not factual
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:29:08
Do you have a hard time reading? Those numbers INCLUDE
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:33:19
Can you show me that factoid?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:38:06
RE: Can you show me that factoid?
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:39:41
so 3,576 (36% ) dead people were not the drunk driver...
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 16:10:58
Why do you include passengers since the vast
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 16:19:42
Link on the BAC of the passengers?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 16:32:25
No one deserves to die. No one deserves to be arrested
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 16:47:22
Yes.. they do deserve to get arrested for endangering
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 18:11:38
RE: Less than 5% of all traffic fatalities are people hit by a
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:27:44
And like I said.. 80% of those who died were the
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:28:57
and 20% weren't.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:30:42
Which are only a tiny fraction of accident fatalities. Yet
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:36:52
RE: Which are only a tiny fraction of accident fatalities. Yet
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:40:03
God damn.. read. We are talking about victims
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:43:04
so their lives are worth less.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:44:13
That is BS if you think someone drunk doesnt make an active
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:48:17
yes, if you take reductio ad absurdum to heart
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:49:57
I saw a movie about this. Minority Report. (nm)
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 14:35:42
How do you know tragedy was avoided? Only a small fraction o
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 14:04:04
link?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:04:50
Traffic fatalities is not the same as number of traffic
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:17:44
What's your point?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 16:12:26
It isnt good, it isnt safe, but it is no more damnable than
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 16:24:46
and do you think I am defending texting while driving?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 16:31:27
There is no comparison. Getting a DWI is far more damaging
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 16:33:33
Because driving drunk is a continuous event
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 16:56:19
1 in 4 accidents are caused by texting while driving.(nm)
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 18:10:13
Not true... Only 5% of cellphone-related crashes occur
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 18:15:52
The same could be said of almost any action that leads to
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DHighlander
KC
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8/22 14:14:08
No one argues people have a right to drive drunk or fire sho
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 14:19:56
The point is that dangerous behavior should be stopped
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DHighlander
KC
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8/22 14:38:06
Checkpoints are a disgrace to any liberty-minded conservativ
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 14:49:20
driving in not a right no matter how many times you, pickle
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:14:33
I would support breathalyzers installed as standard auto
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 14:56:37
Even easier and more complete - just have the air in cars
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 15:16:00
That's true. My point is that 90Tiger's point is not a very
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 14:13:14
Jeff, this tragedy proves that laws against drunk driving do
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 14:21:22
laws aren't designed to prevent activities and
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:11:23
But that was the very original post. Prevention.(nm)
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:24:50
No one claimed it prevented the activity (completely),
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 14:40:16
Sure, Jeff, and you can make all cars require a breathalyzer
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 14:46:36
For the same reason you favor speed limits... but don't
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 15:52:33
No, Jeff. Govt is siphoning off billions to enforce these
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 15:57:46
Why the scare quotes, as pickle calls them, around
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 16:04:05
I have had multiple friends killed by drunk drivers. It sti
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 16:29:38
So you think there should be no objective limit to how much
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 17:56:19
There should be no limit. If someone is impaired
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 18:09:24
No one is a safe driver at .20 or above. You don't think
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 20:45:43
cause it already exists.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:22:03
regarding your post from the link provided, who is going to
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tigerNkc
KC
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8/22 13:24:46
So if you accidentally kill someone you need to hurry out
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DHighlander
KC
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8/22 14:19:46
no, not right, but if misrepresenting something you don't
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 14:29:38
That's an interesting, if different subject, but if you're
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 13:41:06
so, just another government like he stated.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:43:23
Killing those 3 is an offense in pickletopia, but you have
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 13:23:43
You struggle with the difference between arguing that
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 13:45:21
But it seems a bit incongruous to think that you, pickle &
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 14:05:02
That's because you're an idiot (nm)
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pickle
MU
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8/22 15:39:57
can't even try to back up your point, can you?
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:46:37
Jeff, none of us gets bent out of shape about those
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 14:17:44
there is no difference. (nm)
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:46:39
NOpe.. In the real world, many drunks are arrested BEFORE
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:20:26
There is no evidence they ever would have done so either.(nm)
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 13:48:36
Clearly the current laws don't prevent people from driving
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 13:43:04
appeal to omniscience.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:44:58
If they prevented it, it wouldnt ever happen. (nm)
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 13:46:24
it's not all or nothing.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:49:57
Exactly, so some are wrongingly judged for causing no
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 13:51:31
Are you against all traffic laws, or at least against all
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JeffB
MU
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8/22 14:16:38
We already have laws such as vehicular manslaughter to cover
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 14:32:00
Putting someone in jail after they have already killed &/or
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JeffB
MU
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8/23 09:45:58
some people only learn
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:07:13
just as false as saying they "never" do
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:52:42
you have no idea if those arrested would have killed or
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 13:41:55
but you know the law doesn't prevent people from
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:46:13
How is that murder instead of manslaughter.
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GA Tiger
MU
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8/22 13:15:16
Cell phone use is 6 times more likely to cause an
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 13:15:06
Why is that? Because there are 200 times more
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:18:07
No, that isnt what the stat is based on. It is based on
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 13:32:12
Not just cell phones, many forms of distracted driving
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DHighlander
KC
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8/22 13:39:56
And is it illegal to text and drive? It is in my state.
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:34:45
Do you see texting and driving check points? Loss of drivers
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 13:45:34
That would be fairly stupid to have a checkpoint...
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:54:16
Pretty obvious to check text activity and time stamps Spanky
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 14:30:21
Even easier to delete text messages prior to seeing the cop
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:17:51
Doesnt work. NY bill will allow police to carry devices tha
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 15:53:17
And? So then cops could stop them? Good!
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 16:13:55
Except that time your wife texts you on your way home from
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 16:22:09
My wife doesn't text me... we are old and talk to each
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 16:33:36
Lol! No better than a drunk driver.
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 16:51:09
poor spanky is all twisted up (nm)
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 15:58:25
90 takes the reductio ad absurdum to new highs daily.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:18:35
Sometimes I wonder when MU alums will petition
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:26:39
Text messages have time stamps. It can be determined if they
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 13:57:36
Can it?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:06:19
The law will be the law - don't want to go to jail, don't
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 15:17:53
Do you think that will pass muster?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 15:18:46
It is not far fetched for the police to start asking
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 14:49:28
It's illegal to drive drunk too, so what is your point? (nm)
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 13:43:49
BOTH are illegal. I applaud both laws.
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:55:00
Hands free use showed no impact on severity of
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 13:42:26
Cell phone use is still distracted driving, not as bad as
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DHighlander
KC
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8/22 13:40:59
People dont want their bubble to be burst that they
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 13:43:58
Pickle has never stated that there would be no rules
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 13:14:36
sure he has, all the time
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TigerJackSwartz
MU
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8/22 13:19:51
That's a different issue.
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 13:24:45
He doesn't recognize driving is a privilege and not a right
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Tigrrrr!
MU
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8/22 13:30:24
Because it is a right, not a privilege
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pickle
MU
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8/22 14:09:38
incorrect. (nm)
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 15:15:46
Damn....just like chumming for bluegill.
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Tigrrrr!
MU
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8/22 14:23:15
Driving is not a privilege. (nm)
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 13:41:24
driving is not a right. (nm)
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:42:45
yes, that is one of his problems here.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:31:22
And of course how he steps around issues by claiming
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Tigrrrr!
MU
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8/22 13:34:16
No.. It is a germane issue
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:29:13
How often are speeders or texters removed from the road?(nm)
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TigerMatt
MU
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8/22 14:01:41
Once stopped, they are no longer speeding. A drunk diver
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 18:58:54
In "pickletopia", it is a matter of contract
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 13:30:15
You are unbelievably ignorant
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FootballRefugee
MU
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8/22 13:39:58
Spanky is arguing what it would be in "pickletopia". focus (nm)
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 13:46:14
And you stated that a drunk driver would not be stopped
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 14:55:29
I am focused, and you are one of the idiots.
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FootballRefugee
MU
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8/22 14:25:13
It is a matter of a contract in every state...
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:32:57
Incorrect (nm)
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pickle
MU
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8/22 13:43:14
you keep posting that as though repeating something wrong
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FootballRefugee
MU
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8/22 13:47:56
First of all, driving is not a privilege
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 13:40:23
first of all, it is a privilege.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:42:12
once again, distinction without a difference.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:32:15
incorrect. (nm)
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:26:42
Did you click on the link I provided?
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:19:10
I said "rules" not "laws"
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 13:25:29
They are synonymous terms in this case
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:31:16
that you think they are synonymous is precisely why you
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90Tiger
MU
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8/22 13:47:44
there is no difference. (nm)
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:48:49
Not they are not. See above. (nm)
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 13:46:34
please provide evidence that such a contract would be
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:50:41
Incorrect (nm)
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pickle
MU
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8/22 13:42:40
and no one forces someone to get a DL. (nm)
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:32:56
Yep.. one must apply for that privilege and pass a written t
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Spanky
KU
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8/22 13:36:33
Also incorrect (nm)
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pickle
MU
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8/22 14:02:11
distinction without a difference.
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:26:14
is every murder showing the failure of laws against
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:16:13
Did you really just ask a Pickletopian to think?
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DHighlander
KC
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8/22 13:18:32
What is your hang up here?
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 13:26:56
Would that be a social contract?
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Mormad
MU
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8/22 13:31:21
You answered your own question
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ummmm
MU
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8/22 13:41:06
an actual agreement with every single individual who uses
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:38:18
There are only 4 million licensed drivers in Missouri.
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DHighlander
KC
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8/22 13:47:00
there is no difference. an infringement is an infringement
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:28:22
i'm an optimist. (nm)
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mizzou alum 93
MU
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8/22 13:19:04