2009/2/3 Pat <[email protected]> > > > Eliminating cars has inherent functional problems for our society. > > > Much the same ones as eliminating guns. The biggest one being that > those who have them and want them simply WON'T be handing them over to > anyone. This leaves ALL the guns in criminal hands. Personally, I'd > rather have one myself, so the criminal doesn't ALWAYS have one up on > me. It's obvious that we don't NEED guns or cars, as humans lived > many millenia prior to their invention, but, as you say, eliminating > things that people want is always tricky.
Whilst our society continues to function without wide-spread gun ownership, it's absurd to suggest a comparison with car ownership. Our society does NEED cars, there's no going back to the dark ages: essential logistical functions could not be carried out without them, we would be unable to ensure the distribution of sufficient food, and people would die. Hardly comparable to indulging the power-fantasies of the terminally paranoid, no matter how much they'd like to have the facility to conveniently murder other human-beings (should the whim so take them). Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
