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- From: moseley@u.washington.edu (Steve L. Moseley)
- Subject: Re: Radio Checks, was Coast Guard Boating
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- Organization: Microbial Pathogenesis and Motorcycle Maintenance
- References: <1992Dec21.150504.1403@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <1h511mINN7ht@male.EBay.Sun.COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:57:25 GMT
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- In article <1h511mINN7ht@male.EBay.Sun.COM>
- jeffh@nonsuch.EBay.Sun.COM (Jeff Huntington) writes:
- >From: jeffh@nonsuch.EBay.Sun.COM (Jeff Huntington)
- >Subject: Re: Radio Checks, was Coast Guard Boating
- >Date: 21 Dec 1992 18:05:42 GMT
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-
- >I think it is a mark of an unthinking, follow like sheep, mindset to sit at a
- >traffic light with no one around waiting for it to turn green. My wife does
- >not agree. :-) She believes rules are rules, and should always be followed.
- >I beleive it is impossible to write a rule that can tell you what is the best
- >thing to do in every situation, and so we have the option of thinking and
- >deciding when the rule applies and when it doesn't. And, the discussion goes
- >on and on. ;-)
-
- Well, I hope I,m not the pedestrian you didn't see crossing in front of your
- car when you decide to blow the next red light. I also hope you never take
- up flying. There are lot of pilots in the ground because they took the
- option of deciding for themselves when to apply and when to ignore "rules".
- People who are too smart for the laws that govern the rest of us help make
- this world such a wonderful place :-(
-
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