an@hou2h.UUCP (A.NGUYEN) (04/20/84)
-- > From Steve Henning, aluxe!2141smh: > The fatality rate decreases as the weight of the car increases except > for the small Japanese cars which are much worse and the medium size > European cars which are much better. The World According to Au: (-:) American car drivers are tenderfoot woozies who buy big V8 gas guzzlers so they "feel safer." They don't drive fast so they rarely get into trouble. (But when they do they're in *big* trouble because they have never been on THE EDGE, and their car threatens to dig its front bumper into the asphalt if they brake hard and roll over if they swerve.) Japanese car drivers are aggressive types who unfortunately don't have the skill or reflexes or equipment to back up their fire in the belly. They drive over their head so they get into trouble. European car drivers are sporting types who have decent control, but could still get *too* sporting sometimes. (Gosh that was arrogant! Send 'em flames in folks, I'm ready! :-) And Here's the Serious Argument: Everything you do has its share of dangers, driving being only the most noticeable one. Even if you drive THE safest car AND wear seat belts, you're still not 100% safe. When some drug-addled trucker fails to notice a toll booth in front of him, or when a bridge collapses just as you drive over it, you can still have your brain mercilessly ripped from its supporting ligaments, accelerated at a few hundred G's thru the fluid that had been cushioning it, and smashed against the inside of your skull. You're laughing? Both of the "unlikely" things I mentioned HAVE happened quite recently. What's more, even if you stay home and vegetate full time, you still can't do anything about the leaders of the world who can't tell arms from alms. You can't help but die when one of them goes over the brink and reaches for the BIG RED BUTTON. Au "I'm gonna enjoy myself before the bastards get me!"
lincoln@eosp1.UUCP (Dick Lincoln) (04/20/84)
> From Steve Henning, aluxe!2141smh: > The fatality rate decreases as the weight of the car increases except > for the small Japanese cars which are much worse and the medium size > European cars which are much better. > The World According to Au: (-:) > What's more, even if you stay home and vegetate full time, you still > can't do anything about the leaders of the world who can't tell arms > from alms. You can't help but die when one of them goes over the > brink and reaches for the BIG RED BUTTON. > Au Then we should convert both the Soviet and USA strategic activator systems to use "medium size European" red buttons, in which case the world would stand a significantly better chance of surviving nuclear war. Or would it be just those who pushed the buttons? (-:)