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~THEN WHY DO YOU NEED A GUN~not my original saying, but no truer words spoken
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Diametrically opposed to qpuke thought process.
msongs
(67,394 posts)LakeArenal
(28,813 posts)Couple folks turned to stone. Or salt.
A few bolts of lightening directed perfectly.
We had the plague. Time to be more direct.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Like god doesnt let satan do those things, without even trying to intervene.
The belief in a meta-physical origin of good and evil is why I abandoned Christianity long ago ( that was the only organized religion that I knew of at that time, others are just as bad).
After seeing so-called people of faith doing awful shit, I abandoned organized religion and sought a true understanding of why we are here and on issues like good and evil. We create our own good or evil, those outcomes are functions of our hearts, in every decision that we make, we have a choice to do good or evil. There is no meta-physical origin, that just exists in some peoples heads.
msongs
(67,394 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Why would a caring god allow often vile and brutal stuff to happen to innocent people?
Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)they get fined if they don't. Some still don't, of course.
Just imagine if the current repuq party were asked to vote for a seatbelt law NOW. OMG, the horror.
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Shermann
(7,411 posts)The cleanup can tie up and consume precious resources: ambulances, surgeons, equipment, blood, donor organs, etc.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)ShazzieB
(16,357 posts)Of course, they thought the whole thing was terribly unfair.
In this state, we have a slogan: "Click it or ticket." Seatbelts have been required by law for years, but you didn't get ticketed just for that. Not unless you were pulled over for something else and caught beltless. Then they changed the law so that the cops can pull you over and write you a ticket just for not wearing your seatbelt. And by golly, it works.
ProfessorGAC
(64,988 posts)...the law went into effect middle of 1985.
They started enforcing immediately. More people were pulled over (in municipalities, not expressways) for that than speeding & rolling stops combined.
There was controversy around 30 years ago that cops were using it as an excuse to pull over minorities for no other reason. "Suspicion" of not wearing a seatbelt.
Every 5 years or so, they hammer PSAs and highway signs with the "Click it..." message.
I personally know nobody who doesn't wear the belt. After 36 years, I guess that's to be expected.
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634-5789
(4,175 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,725 posts)so suck it up and deal with it.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,562 posts)That hasn't been my experience.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)NotASurfer
(2,149 posts)Probably just jam when the post-apocalyptic hordes of Satanic zombies shamble toward you.