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luthe ([info]luthe) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-02-07 23:42:00
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Current mood:Petty

In Soviet New York, iPod bans you!
So a state senator in New York wants to ban using iPods while crossing city streets.

USA Today blogs about it. The comments section is a cesspool of wank, mostly of the righteous indignation kind. Watch how liberals are blamed for all society's ills! Marvel at how Darwin is misused over and over again! Gasp as accusations of communism are thrown around carelessly!

The stupid, it had to be shared.

ETA: BE MORE FUNNY, PEOPLE.


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(Anonymous)
2007-02-08 08:15 pm UTC (link)
Your argument falls apart at "if there's a new public safety issue." Really, I don't think there is. Given the sheer number of people who are wearing iPods all the time on the New York streets, and have been for years now, if they were genuinely creating a greater risk for pedestrians, we'd have seen a really sharp spike in pedestrian deaths during that time. To the best of my knowledge as a resident who keeps up with the news here, we have not seen such a spike. Ergo we don't have a new public safety issue. We have a politican who's extremely eager to make a name for himself by suggesting a quick fix to a non-issue, which is not an uncommon phenomenon.

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