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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief
You don't seem to understand... Banning spoons and forks wouldn't stop people from overeating, just like banning fast cars wouldn't stop stupid folks from driving too fast. Unfortunately, living in a free society kills less people than an oppressed society, but that doesn't stop the handwringing from those who want government control when and awful accident caused by someone already breaking numerous laws occurs...
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I get it... and I agree the idiocy of a few people shouldn't ruin things for everyone else. And in that particular case, 50mph would have been twice the speed limit, much less 100.
OTOH, at a certain mph, it
does make any arguments against practically pointless and nothing more than silly "slippery slope" stuff. I mean, the limiter on my car is 125 and calling that being oppressed is pretty ridiculous outside of going to a track. It's basically limiting
the absolute dumbest members of society from doing something really ****ing stupid (and people in rural North Dakota from having a little fun).