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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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My Question is, if anyone would like to answer...
(Anonymous)
2007-02-09 12:33 am UTC (link)

When is concern for safety a soley Conservative or Liberal issue? Seriously, people get so caught up in right or left that they're too stupid to realize when some things would benefit everyone regardless of political leanings or view points.

Now, with that said, as an iPod owner, who's aware of her surroundings when it's time to cross the street, most of this boils down to a common sense issue. I'd like to tune out as much as the next person, but I know that streets are nuts. I live along an expressway for God's sake, which had a lot of pedestrian deaths last year. I don't think all of them were wearing iPods.

Remember, with RIGHTS come RESPONSIBILITY! Anyone with kids, please go repeat to them, 800 bajillion times. If a person is complaining that much about their "rights" being taken away, maybe they're too stupid to be let out in the real world.

-Balla the mouse

:::cleans up with a Mr. Clean magic eraser:::

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