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UT,
Why is it that when you drive thru poor neighborhoods, people there don't/can't follow the rules of the road? IE, making a U-Turn when the sign clearly states 'No U Turns', parking in the middle of street etc etc?
Why is it that when you drive thru poor neighborhoods, people there don't/can't follow the rules of the road? IE, making a U-Turn when the sign clearly states 'No U Turns', parking in the middle of street etc etc?
Originally Posted by zdave87' date='Jan 19 2009, 05:58 PM
UT,
Why is it that when you drive thru poor neighborhoods, people there don't/can't follow the rules of the road? IE, making a U-Turn when the sign clearly states 'No U Turns', parking in the middle of street etc etc?
Why is it that when you drive thru poor neighborhoods, people there don't/can't follow the rules of the road? IE, making a U-Turn when the sign clearly states 'No U Turns', parking in the middle of street etc etc?
Even assuming that some percentage (aside from 0%) have gotten their license, you're assuming they'd remember. . . or be mindful enough to care, despite mindfulness not exactly being a pervasive quality in socio-economically depressed areas.
You assume, in the case of the road signs, that said drivers can read and understand English. . . or even the most basic of modern pictographs.
You assume that all drivers believe that the rules of the road are there to allow fair and reasonable use of the roads by all licensed drivers.
You assume everyone agrees that driving is a privilege and not a right.
You assume everyone has the basic understanding of social contract theory, or even the notion of what a legally binding contract may fundamentally mean in context of a healthy and functioning society.
You assume that your tax dollars are used to actually change this situation, because, you also assume that this situation is a moral dereliction and in violations of said principles of your community's implied social contract.
You assume that the principle's of governance should be an extension of your community's social norms.
It stands to reason, by conjecture, that this all happens because you assume too much.
I'm not assuming I'm anywhere close to right, but it's the best explanation I've got.
Originally Posted by INTJ' date='Jan 20 2009, 08:08 AM
Given that, it is ok to condemn those who fail to follow my arbitrary and unratified social contract?







