The likeliness of injuring others because of an unbuckled seat belt is conjecture, but certainly not baseless.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/economi...eatbelts.shtmlOriginally Posted by The Heretic Azazel
The likeliness of injuring others because of an unbuckled seat belt is conjecture, but certainly not baseless.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/economi...eatbelts.shtml
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Firstly, I do believe restraint laws should strongly be enforced when it comes to a child in a safety seat. They are not adults and it is their parents' responsibility to protect them. But to say I should buckle up as a good message to the little children is ridiculous.
I'm so tired of hearing about the children. Every emotion-based plea has to invoke the children as pawns to make its point because it can't be proven rationally. Little bastards are always in the way of letting me make my own decisions.
Let's not get it twisted, and call it what it really is. A quick and easy way to add to the state coffers. You don't think they actually WANT people to buckle up, do you? They just want that money. If more people drive without a seat belt if it's against the law, hey that's even better, more money for the state to spend just as unwisely as the money they already have.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
When you crash thru the windshield, there is a chance that your 200mph car is going to hit a baby in a pram. Now if you have a seat beat, you will stay in your car, safely apply brakes and slow the car to 100mph before hitting the baby in a pram.
Much safer that way. Its safer not just for you, but others too.
Anyway, I do think that giving a fine without proper justification is bad though.
(if you were driving errand, that is good enough justification)
Anyhow, my Mom just encountered a hit and run. Gosh it sucks, good thing she only suffered emotionally and was not hurt physically.
Baseless conjecture.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
They want you to buckle up!
The longer you live, the more money you pay as tax, more things you buy and they are happy for this....
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Sometimes you have to protect people even if they don't want it. It's one of the reasons narcotic drugs are illegal.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
That bullshit is the same thing as seat belts. Do we own our bodies or not? I don't need my government protecting me from myself. Makes me want to hang myself just to spite them.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
While we are talking about drugs being illegal, I do hope that drugs become legal everywhere.
However, I do enjoy seeing drug traffickers getting the death penalty. Ok, I think I like the death penalty quite a bit, the penalty that I truly like is, life torture sentencing for the worst crimes possible.
Enforcing Life torture penalty though would be close to impossible, since it requires some really sick people to carry it out.(ops, I just found a job for the sickos out there.)
so today i went to see Inception at the imax, and bought my tickets online cuz i knew it would be packed. On the way there, there was an accident on the highway, so i missed my 6:40 show. I went to guest services to try to get it changed to the 10 pm show, but it had just sold out. I asked for a refund so i could go to another theater and watch it, but they told me since i'd bought it online, i would have to call head office for a refund. I called head office, but ofcourse its 7 pm on a saturday so no one is there. The worst part is, i had bought tickets for my friends as well, at $17 a pop, so i ended up paying 50 bucks for a movie i didnt even get to see!!.
fuckign cineplex.
Are refunds normally allowed? I have always been under the impression that tickets are non-refundable unless the show itself was cancelled.
Like aeroplane and ship tickets, the service goes on with or without you.
If that isn't the case, then the classic pickup line about "not wanting to waste a 'friend's' movie ticket.." doesn't make much sense.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
That'll teach you to try to bypass the system. What's wrong with waiting patiently in line like everyone else? I've noticed this in the mid east in particular, people do not understand the concept of queuing up. They just rush the counter in a mass and try to get service before everyone else, even those who have been there longer. It's first come, first serve, you selfish bastards.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Buying tickets online isn't bypassing the system as any other eticket service would be.
It just meant you bought tickets from your computer rather than physically going to the counter. It's a resource saver for both the consumer and the service provider.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It IS bypassing the system, and that's why he got screwed. If he had gotten in line, the only way he would have missed the movie is if it was sold out. In that event, he wouldn't have spent $50 on tickets to a movie he didn't see.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
The way you say THE system implies that lining up for a ticket is the PROPER system, or the way "everyone else" uses.
The situation is the same as if he physically bought the tickets two weeks ago, but missed the show due to traffic. From memory, "everyone" pre-bought tickets many years ago.
I agree that Assassin buying his tickets online opened up the possibility for his paying for something he didn't see, but that doesn't make the realisation of it his fault.
In any case, there are simply two systems in place. Neither is THE system that one should take. Your implied comparison to queue jumping is flawed in that it's not an endorsed way of purchasing something.
Assassin also adhered to your "first come, first serve" idea, since there are two points of sale: counter and website.
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Sun, 07-18-2010 at 11:14 AM.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Unless, you use your smartphone to buy the ticket when you see a long queue. You bypass the system and impress your friends.
My bitch:
I love wind, rain, thunder and lightning. However, I absolutely hate the radiated electromagnetic fields that will fry nearby electronics. Just over the pass two days, sporadic rain/lightning strike in my area almost cause my electronic equipment to fry.
Time > Money. Fuck waiting in line. Getting your ticket online shows a certain amount of foresight and a certain amount of respect for your time. In most cases, it doesn't represent a risk to your money, and chances are good that Assassin'll be getting his money back come next week. The only screwage here was the accident that could've just as easily wasted his time had he set out to wait online with the rest of the sheep.
What I'd do, is set the situation aside, not think about it at all till I have some free time on monday, and just buy tickets again that weekend, online of course, and go see the movie.
"You are not free whose liberty is won by the rigour of other, more righteous souls. Your are merely protected. Your freedom is parasitic, you suck the honourable man dry and offer nothing in return. You who have enjoyed freedom, who have done nothing to earn it, your time has come. This time you will stand alone and fight for yourselves. Now you will pay for your freedom in the currency of honest toil and human blood."
- Inquisitor Czevak
A car I used to own had the same problem, we'd have to replace the thermostat pretty close to every year.
Also, a new heater core every 4 years.
Also, we had to top up the radiator every thousand or so miles because its bad design caused it to blow head gaskets and burn coolant after about 30,000 miles on one. And a new transmission every 50,000 miles, water accumulation in the headlights, problems with tie rods. I finally got rid of it at 140,000 miles (was given to me at 129k) - it would have cost somewhere in the neighborhood of two grand to get it to run safely, and it was showing signs of another 4 grand worth of failures on the horizon.
Sometimes it just isn't worth it.... the whole driving thing.
Last edited by complich8; Thu, 07-22-2010 at 02:23 AM.
You guys just need to stop buying American made cars (or Canadian made, if there be such a thing). Buy Japanese, preferably the models manufactured in Japan.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Yeah, my car is Japanese but it was built in Marysville, Ohio.
There's the real bitch, huh? The fact you could tell it was an American car.
Or was it ... ?
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