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By Steve Ragan Feb 8, 2007, 17:14 GMT
NY State Sen. Carl Kruger proposes ban on handheld devices
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So, I guess I will be pulling my headphones before crossing the road and put it back on after. What if my hands are occupied?
How's about putting responsibility on the operators of vehicles? Don't they teach us in driver's ed that the pedestrian always has the right of way? This will be as effective as Hilliary's attempted ban of violent video games.
What more clearly defines post industrial culture than the inability of so many humans to distinguish abstract from concrete. Both those who walk into oncoming cars and those who try to control behavior through restrictive laws are examples of the same problem.The solution involves developing mindbody coordination.
OK, so a couple of knuckle-dragging morons took one for the gene-pool. now they want to ban IPods? In the immortal words of Ron White: 'I don't think so, scooter...'
and people who can hear well even when they are listening to music will survive.
c'mon this is stupid if they want to ban us using our ear then wyh not do that well you might as well ban us from breathing as well or how about using our eyes... no? didn;t think so oh i know if this problem is walking while listening everyone hop on a bike that will be legal and MUCH safer compared to walking. all i can say is if this passes well you're in the wrong country if u ask me saying that the UK isn;t so good either we get taxed on everything... and soon to be taxed on weight of rubbish and certain items... we even get taxed on dying lol how class is that hehe
Clearly the hearing impared should not be allowed to walk anywhere. I must agree, however that police need more excuses to harrass, question, and detain people who don't look like police officers or bankers. It's getting to the point in this country where one in a thousand cases where a citizen is searched for probable cause on the grounds they looked suspicious is 'not good enough' for a court of law.
We need to eliminate the need for probable cause completely by criminalizing everything before the bleeding hearts start curbing the nearly exponential growth in the largest prison system on the planet since the break-up of the Russian Gulag. Where will we be then? Would we even be Amerika anymore if we didn't have the highest per-capita prison population in the world by a factor of nearly 20? Be careful - if we just let out 98% of our prisoners we'd be just another average country in terms of per-capita prison population (well, ok, we'd still be close to top in the world, but we would have lost our order of magnitude lead in this critical indicator of societal health).
We are the greatest!!!
He's right, but guess what: we don't care. Find somethign more important to worry about, you foolish senator.
whats next can't chew bubblegum and walk at the same time. This politic is really getting out of hand. If the senator want to make a statement well, we have poor people that need help, a disfuntional MTA system, a broken down education system that ask for money and our kids are failing in the system. Senator bottom life we have other crisis that are far more important than IPOD, get with the real program.
They should just ban all distractions at crosswalks... billboard adds, books, newspapers, fancy cars that will draw attention, gorgeous women, street signs. You should also get fined if you talk to yourself while crossing the street. Oh, and you're not allowed to blink either. You must pay attention to your surroundings at all times. Blind or deaf?? Then you are not allowed in the crosswalk. Sorry.
lol, banning ipods is like forbidding people to laugh. either way, its the fault of the person who is listening to their ipod. A ban restricting the volume of ipods, as has been done in europe, would be smarter.
I have no problem with these idiots getting run over, hell they probably deserve it. The real problem is, their blood sucking families will probably sue the city for wrongful death. It you are a big enough dolt to get run over by a huge red truck with lights flashing and sirens blaring, you and your Ipod should get run over. -- Just my two cents.
With all due respect to the NY Senator a distracted driver behind the wheel of a 2 ton vehicle is far more dangerous to many more people than a single pedestrian with an iPod or other device is to him or her self.
Should we ban the weapon sale on the stores first??
Silly Americans (just kidding). Why not solve the real problem and vote people into office that won't bring these outlandish laws into the light of day, then give Ipods to the fools that are voted out and get them out on New York streets with them. That should clear the gene pool pretty good.
I LIKE this idea. We need more ideas and laws like this to make everyone behave properly and safely. We need laws to tell us how much sleep to get and when to go to bed. Maybe governement enforced bedtimes and automatic lights out. Then everyone would be more wide awake and could work harder the next day. We also need MORE laws telling us what we can and cannot eat. Then we would all be healthier and could work harder. Please Senator Kreuger don't stop with this one law regulating Ipods and cell phones. Please , oh please , draft a personal code of conduct for ALL ares of our lives so that we will never be in danger again. After all we would want to walk around New York like zombies, would we?
If I hit a pedestrian, I will plant an Ipod to his body, so that I will not be blamed.
Headline: NY State Sen. Carl Kruger proposes ban on handheld devices.
In the immortal words of a beloved icon (who had more common sense than Mr. Kruger), 'What a maroon!'
Tsiangkun (Feb 8th, 2007 - 20:54:14) should submit his proposed law to the New York legislature.
dumbass ... thats all i got to say to this guy even if thy do ban it ppl will not pay the fines gah its stupidity
i got a better idear lets just ban driveing that will solve the hole lot
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