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right or priviledge ... at what point do you buttert 4311

I see that as an impossibility that isn't even feasible given today's regulated "privileged" environment. People still drive drunk, exhibit sloppy skills, haven't figured out the near ESP like advantages of using a turn signal to communicate their future intentions, etc. while all in possession of a current driver's license. If-When one commits these transgressions, they bear full responsibility for the outcome.

You appear to espouse the political view of the world known as "prior restraint" ... that individuals must be regulated on what they may do or could be capable of. This is an anathema to a free society where people are responsible for their actions after having exercised their own judgment and taken those actions of their own free will.

right or priviledge ... at what point do you buttert 4312
On Fri, 13 May 2005 06:42:32 -0600, vlj I agree with you that today's license requirements are not nearly strict enough, but things will get worse when you let everyone drive. If...

Not all, but given that I've been riding a motorcycle for over 40 years and am still alive to talk about it, I've had a lot of practice to date ... :-

Good ridin' to ya, VLJ -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

-- C. S. Lewis




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