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On Apr 7, 11:22=A0pm, "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 tenden= cy of > the motor lobby to believe that carleess motorists are /other/ motorists, > and that they themselves are paragons of virtue. =A0The Automobile Club w= ere > earnestly telling Parliament that the "motor menace" was comprised of cad= s > 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 provisi= ons > 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 know, you say all this shit about how terribly dangerous and arrogant absolutely all drivers are, and if you just followed through and admitted that because of this, you didn't think that they should be allowed to drive at all, one could at least not accuse you of lying (at least not about that). But you're too much of a coward.