Mike Garfias wrote: >Speed "limits" are arbitrary, there is no hard and fast "limit." This country >was founded on a tradition of ignoring laws that are stupid and worthless. > > >Just think of the country we'd be living in if no body violated a law to get >that law changed. We'd still have seperate restrooms for "colored" people. >While we're far from perfect, at least we've had people willing to risk their >freedom so that the rest of us can have more. > True enough. There is a profound distinction, though, between the actions of those noble individuals who have risked imprisonment by engaging in civil disobedience for the purpose of furthering social justice, and the actions of those ubiquitous, self-absorbed leadfoots who risk their own lives and the lives of those around them for the sole purpose of getting there 2 seconds faster. > >If you don't like our nation of scofflaws, then please leave. > If we're talking about freedom and liberty, then people don't have to leave just because they disagree. This country was also founded on a tradition of dissent. And you have to admit, it is a quirky little world in which we don't have to obey laws which we dislike, but in which we must expatriate if we disagree with you. > >Bill Lindley spoke forth with the blessed manuscript: > > >>Mike Garfias wrote: >> >> >> >>>I firmly believe that driving at the speed limit can often be dangerous. >>> >>> >>> >>Driving over the speed limit is *always* wrong. >> >>Tolerance of speeding has made this a nation of scofflaws, it's disgusting. >> >>Bring back the rolling roadblocks, and slow folks down. >> >>\\/ >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss