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Subject: 
Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Mon, 8 Oct 2001 21:36:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Pedro Silva writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:

Oh, I agree with you, totally! He SHOULD NOT be driving.

So then... you concede that since the state nevertheless issued him a
license, that licenses don't work to keep unsafe drivers off the road, right?

No. The sense of the driver will. If he has lost sense, then he is likely to
have lost the ability to drive as well.

You say "no", but you mean "yes". The state issued license in the example I
gave did not prevent this driver from driving. Your assertion just proves my
point, licenses do not prevent unsafe driving.



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  Re: Gotta love Oracle...
 
(...) You have correctly interpreted my "No", Lar. "No, it does not", that was what I should have written. Language issues... :-) But you missed my point. The State grants the license, but the use the driver makes of it is his responsability. His (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Gotta love Oracle...
 
(...) No. The sense of the driver will. If he has lost sense, then he is likely to have lost the ability to drive as well. But two things can further complicate this: Not that many people reach that age, and I know someone who is 80 and keeps (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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