[Gllug] RMS hurt in fatal road accident?

[Wiehe, Simon]

Your reasoning is interesting, but in some cases is totally flawed.

Without the petroleum industry there would probably not be computers, things
like polythene (yes I know it is not biodegradable) would not be here where it
not for this industry and then there would be no insulation in that little box
you are reading this on.

The use of guns, knives, crossbows, bows, arrows and even sticks and stones
(you can club people to death with these) are also evil. It is not the tool
but the person using it that is evil.

Huge resources are tied up in a lot of other things as well, does that make
them evil ?

More pollution comes from the power station that generates the electricity you
are using to power the PC you are reading this on than from a car.

Their use does not discourage investment in public transport. Greedy
executives do that nicely on their own. Why would anyone use a train to get
from London to Manchester when it is cheaper to do it by car and uses less
natural resources per head than the train. Have you ever tried travelling on
the London tube in the rush hour ? People use their cars because they cannot
get on the tube in the first place.

Hmmm, no malicious intent into a murderer. To be murder it has to be
premeditated. I think you are confusing murder with manslaughter. No less
wrong but not murder.

I cannot argue with the necessity/convenience factor, except when my son
needed to go to hospital it was by no means a convenience. Me using my car
meant that I did not take an ambulance away from a more urgent call.

Simon

PS. I will not reply to any messages because I don't want to start a flame
war. Just thought I would point out where your argument is flawed.

-----Original Message-----
From: gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk [mailto:gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk]On
Behalf Of Russell Howe
Sent: 04 October 2004 13:11
To: Greater London Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Gllug] RMS hurt in fatal road accident?


On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 01:23:40PM +0100, Wiehe, Simon wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, why are cars evil ?

Hrm, maybe I should qualify that somewhat..

The existence and use of cars is evil:

* It encourages the petroleum industry, which might have some rather
  nice computers, but which is evil.
* Their use tends to end in death in a small but significant proportion
  of cases
* Huge amounts of resources are tied up managing and recovering from the
  use and abuse of cars. Insurance, policing, roadbuilding, road
  furniture, government departments, jails, hospitals, etc.
* They pollute
* Their use discourages investment in public transport, which should be
  promoted.
* They can turn somebody with no malicious intent into a murderer
  very easily
* They are rarely necessary, merely convenient
* http://www.anti-rice.org/

I would say that people who drive cars are evil, but then I'd be
accusing most of the so-called modern world of being evil, and that
would take more justification that is possible on a Monday.

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rhowe at siksai.co.uk | when you can be the spanner in the works?
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