11 Feb
2000
11 Feb
'00
3:03 p.m.
> Anyway this is all just another attempt to
idiot-proof the world.
> Instead of
Exactly. This government is very big on
"protecting the stupid".
Personally, I see it as "fighting Darwin"...natural selection can do
the right thing if left to its own devices.
Well, I do believe I've seen the absolute height of the expectation
of stupidity...
There is a car commercial here in the states in which a rock band is
playing on stage... a car drives onto the stage, and then out into
the mosh pit area, apparently being supported by the concert
attendees...
At the bottom of the screen are the words (paraphrased):
"Do not drive on people"
<incredulous sigh>
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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