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On Apr 8, 7:01=A0pm, "Brimstone"  wrote: > Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: > > > > > Paul - xxx wrote: > > >> Heheheh =A0Whatever I think doesn't matter, but for what it's worth I > >> can see only one despicable fuckwit, you, attempting to shout down > >> and re-affirm your own opinions as fact by repeating them so often > >> and so regularly that you probably believe them yourself. > > > I'm reading a rather interesting book on the history of motoring and > > politics. =A0One of the longest-lasting sources of friction is the > > tendency of the motor lobby to believe that carleess motorists are > > /other/ motorists, and that they themselves are paragons of virtue. The > > Automobile Club were earnestly telling Parliament that the "motor > > menace" was comprised of cads and the kinds of tearaways wo were > > starting to be able to buy cheaper second-hand cars, and that the > > generality of motorists, gentlemen and members of the Club, were > > quite innocent of this. =A0An assertion they apparently believed quite > > sincerely despite one fo the most prolific offenders eing none other > > than Arthur Balfour, then Prime Minister - and one MP pointedly > > suggested during discussion of a motor bill that its provisions > > should not apply to the Prime Minister! > > Nothing much has changed. =A0An attempt to assess whether anythign > > could be done to address drivers' routine overestimation of their own > > skills and underestimation of their own exposure to risk, failed > > because the drivers int e study could not bring themselves to admit > > even obvious errors. > > It rather looks as if nuxx is simply showing us that self-delusion is > > one of those "inherent or dispositional behaviours". =A0Oh, and that > > he's as mad as a badger, but we knew that of course. > > You have reminded me of a TV interview some while ago. > > The subject was a chap who had almost rear ended another car on the motor= way > who had had to stop very quickly. When asked what had happened the > interviewee explained that the acr in front had stopped so quickly that h= e > (the interviewee) had had to swerve to avoid a collision. When asked "So = you > were following too closely", the response was "No".

So some drivers are nobs. So fucking what?