08-15-2006, 05:44 AM
>This is like preventing drunk driving by outlawing automobiles.
Where I currently live, there was (and still is) quite a few problems with illegal street racing. Unfortunately, what I saw being paraded around is mostly a dog and pony show involving things like urging people to boycott 'The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift', and having a loader crushing a 'riced out' Honda Civic. And ah yes, floating around the idea of banning and or arresting people or shops that sells and modifies cars for the explicit purpose of (street) racing. Just say NO to Nitro!
Or the old favourite I've been hearing, let's draft up some new laws to crack down on these young whippersnappers.
It's all seems like a big steaming pile of crap to me. The only thing I've seen that have any effect is serious enforcement and prosecution.
But if you really want to talk for real about cracking down on violence, I say we're still soft on the issue. Banning anything that is blunt, sharp, or pointy won't solve the real problem, which is our arms. I don't mean fire arms, I mean our limbs and opposable digits. And even then I'm still avoiding the real issue here. Those deadly arms are connected to and controlled by our brain, our evil and delicious brains. Truly that is the deadliest weapon of all.
So, a modest proposal. Create a machine that can lobotomize people as early as birth. (I prefer the use of machines because they don't derive any pleasure or anguish from the act, unlike some humans.) My #1 pick, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KARR