Detroit lawmakers have now made it illegal for me to talk on a cell phone, unless I use an earpiece. What about:
- Dialing (while using an earpiece)?
- Looking up numbers (while using an earpiece)?
- Searching for a ringing cell phone?
- Taking notes (while using an earpiece)?
- Daydreaming?
- Reading billboards?
- Reaching back to chastise and/or swat a child?
- Looking at cleavage/crotch of passenger?
- Gawking at accidents?
- Masterbating?
What a collosal waste of time and invasion of our natural right to self-ownership.
2006-05-04
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You forgot:
- Changing the radio station
- changing the cds in the 6 cd changer
- dancing
- eating
- eating something sloppy that must be consumed with two hands
- having sex (Oh. That one is illegal.)
- Adding cream to your coffee
- Applying condoments to your burger / creme cheese to your bagel.
Nadir: You agree that this is a ludicrous invasion into our rights?
Sorry to hear this Paul.I would seriously think the Detriot City Council would have more pressing issues then something so obviously trival then this. I guess they figured out how to solve the city's fiscal problem, as well as the notorious crime rate. That reminds me of what the city council did here in Baltimore. They couldn't fix the crime problem, the drug problem, the 3rd world school system, or the massive murder rate. So they decided to pass a resolution to end the Iraq War. With the cell phone issue, this reminds me of something right out of 1984. Now Big Brother wants to protect the citizens of Detriot from their evil cell phones lol.
Parents in Detroit still can't get vouchers to send their kids to schools of their choice, they still pay twice the region average for property taxes while getting by far the least services, they still get the state's only city income tax... but at least they no longer have to worry about drivers talking without an earpiece.
Repo Bro: Do you share my support for fully legalizing all street drugs? I can't blame the retarded city govt's of Baltimore and Detroit for failing to prevent humans from inputting what they please into their bodies.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060505/OPINION01/605050302/1007
As this editorial recommends, why not just enforce laws against reckless driving... even for people who aren't talking on the phone? Or, make a law against driving while daydreaming.
Detroit's city council and its mayor are guilty of all kinds of stupidity. Check out www.michigancitizen.com for the best coverage of city government's shenanigans.
How about raising water rates when thousands of poor people are having their water cut off?
How about prosecuting parents when their children are caught committing a crime?
How about adding to Detroit's already high taxes by recommending a $300 a year charge for garbage pick up?
Agreed. All bad moves. But, Nadir, we're just subburbanites, and thus according to some, we want Detroit to fail, and whatever we think is good, they'll do the opposite.
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