Seems like most of these commenters agree that if you’re too lazy to clear your vehicle and drive around endangering others you deserve a ticket. You rail incessantly against law enforcement and government whenever you get the chance, but here’s an example of police enforcing a law the residents of the state overwhelmingly supported and still you’re not happy with the job they’re doing. What kind of run in did you have with the po-po that gave you this hard on for them?? To your other point, maybe instead of Portland everyone could move to San Diego, drive a car you can’t see out of like a Veloseter (did you see my cool 3rd door), pretend we’re gonna restore an old car (can’t afford to even with the money we begged strangers to send us) and sit in front of a computer for hours a day compiling cool stuff other people posted and passing it off as our own content
My reply?
slavery was also overwhelming supported. So was the Nazi party. Go ahead, ponder the ramifications of just why you support whatever the flavor of the day is instead of thinking for yourself. Then fuck off. You might as well be a nazi slave owner, to insist that overwhelming support means shit to me. I think for myself. If you could, you would too.
and a couple other paragraphs.
You take what you want from him wasting his time hating on my for what I put on my blog.
If you enjoy my occasional rant, read the rest at the bottom of the comment section: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/02/oh-yippee-robocop-is-on-job-in-new.html?showComment=1550273949362#c3359334637348160168
My reply?
slavery was also overwhelming supported. So was the Nazi party. Go ahead, ponder the ramifications of just why you support whatever the flavor of the day is instead of thinking for yourself. Then fuck off. You might as well be a nazi slave owner, to insist that overwhelming support means shit to me. I think for myself. If you could, you would too.
and a couple other paragraphs.
You take what you want from him wasting his time hating on my for what I put on my blog.
If you enjoy my occasional rant, read the rest at the bottom of the comment section: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/02/oh-yippee-robocop-is-on-job-in-new.html?showComment=1550273949362#c3359334637348160168
Jesse, I disagree with your view on the cops vs. snow covered cars, and the Nazi-slavery part is off the wall. (Try decaf for a while).
ReplyDeleteBut hell, THIS IS YOUR BLOG and not anybody else's, and you're the one a) compiling a gazillion great stories & pics, and b) have the decency to give credit where credit is due. So go ahead, rant against the nitpickers to your heart's delight, and know that you're making so many people's day a bit better every time they log onto justacarguy.com...
(End of rant. I'll have a cup of decaf now).
the nazis and slavery were both human atrocities, largely brought about through popular opinion/votes, etc. So they are really good examples of the stupid shit humans will do when mob mentality, or greed and racism prevail... and just exactly the type of shit that morons forget when they trot out the "it's the law, and it was voted in by a majority" narrative.
DeleteIt's good to point out the ridiculous but legal bullshit that sheep will allow
I love your blog. it is a daily read. i have followed many of the links that you provide. it is a shame that people pirate your work and claim as their own. you have the decency of giving credit where credit is due. keep up the fantastic work.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Jessica's law came from an incident in 2002 when ice fell off of a truck hit another truck which struck another vehicle causing the death of Jessica Smith. That's sad, that's tragic, but in every state there have always been regulations about driving with your windshield or windows blocked. BUT if a police officer or trooper bothered to stop you for having snow or ice on your windshield the most you'd get is a warning ticket. Jessica's law on the other hand means you can be fined $250-$500 for the first offense and $500-$1000 for offenses after the first one. So on one of those typical New Hampshire mornings with a couple of inches of lake effect snow the state police can rake in thousands of dollars in fines in a few hours.
ReplyDeleteThere is already a law against obstructed view, reckless driving, etc. I get it, activists feel they have to make a law, and name it after the dead, to give some sort of postmortem justice? Emotional absurdist behavior. Typical of grieving parents.
DeleteI think that has a great deal to do with it, i.e., the notion that the bereaved are going to do something to make sure their loved ones life was not in vain, etc. A memorial in the form of a legislative nuisance.
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