Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded From: ded@aplvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: 50-50 Message-ID: <159@aplvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Jul-83 10:52:53 EDT Article-I.D.: aplvax.159 Posted: Tue Jul 5 10:52:53 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 03:46:46 EDT Lines: 16 I won't quote ad nauseum concerning a response to my letter describing an accident where I braked hard for a tailgater and was subsequently rear-ended. Suffice it to say, the respondee was of the opinion that the accident was my fault -- and, of course, he was 50% right. Indeed the thrust of my article was that this action was not the brightest thing I have ever done (ranking right behind the time I caught a copperhead snake and ran around the neighborhood showing it one and all). But he was also 50% wrong. Drunk drivers without licenses or insurance are not the sort of creatures we should encourage to use our highways. Applying his logic to other crimes, one might blame women for rape and pedestrians for armed robbery. I don't think he meant to say that (if he did, then I will have to lower his score by at least 35 points). Don Davis ...decvax!harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!ded