Re: Last minute lane changers

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From: Pitchman
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:00

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Gumbyy@ticnet.com (Marc) wrote:

>c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi) wrote:

>>Furthermore, I don't see how even a confirmed "left-lane bandit" can
>>actually cause an accident.

>I have a question for you.  If someone broke into your house and
>pointed a gun at your head and told you to open the refrigerator, if
>you opened the refrigerator, whose fault would it be?  Remember, the
>person with the gun in their hand is braking the law, but in no way
>touched you or the refrigerator, that was all of your own free will.

Good thing Bright Boy here isn't a lawyer for the defense. A lot of
folks would get the chair. Clearly anything you do with a gun at your
head isn't done of your "own free will". That's well established fact
of law.

An LLBer is an entirely different matter. No one is compelling the
road rager behind him to cause that accident. He's doing it of his own
free will, just as Gumdrops is exposing  himself  as a complete idiot
in this newsgroup of his own free will. Same thing.

Regards,
Mr. Randolf Pitchford
( the artist formerly known as "Cactus Jack" )

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From: bishp@mindspring.com ( Pitchman)
Subject: Re: Last minute lane changers
Date: 1998/07/19
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