Yes, you are just bad. :-)
Of course! we should outlaw cell phone use in cars. And while we’re at it, think of all the lives we’d save if we reduced the speed limits on the highways to, say 25 miles per hour. And radios and mirrors in cars are a clear hazard that should be banned. Better yet, ban driving altogether! Think of how many lives and needless heartache would be spared. . . And no buildings should ever be built – look at how many construction accidents could be avoided. And alcohol should be outlawed – millions of lives would be improved. And clothing – think of the lives ruined by the terrible working conditions in textile factories around the world. No more clothes! And the poisonous chemicals in these electronic devices – scandalous! Ban theme! We should all live, naked and sober, under the stars, and forage for food. Hmmmmmmmmm. That might work well some places, but here in Colorado it’d be a might chilly! Excuse me, but I have to go drive to the store, yakking away the whole time on my cell phone, killing people right and left! :-) I like philosophical conversations like this, that bear directly on the technology we all come here to discuss, as long as it doesn’t (again) devolve into nationalistic BS – bashing any one country or people is not productive. Cheers, Don From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] Civility Unless I am mistaken aren't both of those chemicals available? How else do people do experiments and such? And anyone can take an outlandish example and try to compare. How does that, not logical, example compare with a real-life use of a tool (cell phone) while driving? I know I should not be perpetuating this conversation but I guess I am just bad. I will continue to use my cell phone. And, please, confirm for us that you do not use a cell phone in any way when driving - not with bluetooth, or with a passenger doing the phone handling, or in any other way using a cell phone. Meaning you could always put it in the trunk you are so dilligent about never using your cell phone in the car. Sheesh - I love when one set of people tries to decide how another set of people will live. But then now I have opened for people to talk about basic laws and many other irrelevant examples. Sheesh. Edward Fultz [email protected] <mailto:edward.fultz%40comcast.net> (978) 807-4225 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Cooke" <[email protected] <mailto:tonyjcooke%40talktalk.net> > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:50:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Treo] Civility Don Ferguson wrote: > > > Wait, I have a question, having read past posts a bit more thoroughly. > > Prof. Craig, > > If we take it as a given (and I don't) that is sufficiently less safe to > drive while talking on a cell phone than to drive NOT talking on a cell > phone, and that dialing a cell phone is even less safe, regardless of the > efficiency of the method used, that one should never, ever do it, why do we > all have these devices? > > Nearly everywhere I go there is a land line phone I could use. I choose to > use my cell phone because it's convenient, and I certainly talk on the cell > phone nearly every minute I'm in the car. The time in the car would be a > completely productivity sink, else. > > Am I an ass of the self-centered variety? > > :-) > > Cheers, > > Don Can I ask a supplementary question here? I`m thinking of putting a mixture of arsenic and strychnine into a jar in my kitchen marked `coffee`. Now I don`t intend to kill anyone with it, so can anyone here give me a location to buy these chemicals? Tks. :-) I rest my case. :-) -- Tony Cooke www.tonycooke.co.uk contactable at tony.j.cookeATgooglemailDOTcom Third Law of Advice: Simple advice is the best advice. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
