--- Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We cannot help the way people elect their > government (unless of course we are willing to jump > into the cesspool, as once by happenstance I did - > and rescued myself at first opportunity) > but we certainly must press, like a > Portuguese friend said in a private mail, > for *mindful and sensible lawmaking; > skillful, but stronghanded, enforcement.* > > I am, by the way, a hopeless optimist. > Mario adds: > Unfortunately, Valmiki, as your Portuguese friend has tacitly acknowledged in his call for "mindful and sensible lawmaking; skillful, but stronghanded, enforcement." the political cesspool is where the opportunity for a solution lies. It provides a more powerful bully pulpit from which to put pressure on those who carelessly license drivers and carelessly enforce the laws that are probably already on the books. > Unfortunately, the political process seems to attract only those who are happy to exist in a cesspool. >
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