V chip (was: Going totally OT )

From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
Date: Fri Feb 11 23:03:39 2000

>> Anyway this is all just another attempt to idiot-proof the world.
>> Instead of

> Exactly. This government is very big on "protecting the stupid".
>Personally, I see it as "fighting Darwin"...natural selection can do
>the right thing if left to its own devices.

Well, I do believe I've seen the absolute height of the expectation
of stupidity...

There is a car commercial here in the states in which a rock band is
playing on stage... a car drives onto the stage, and then out into
the mosh pit area, apparently being supported by the concert
attendees...

At the bottom of the screen are the words (paraphrased):

        "Do not drive on people"

<incredulous sigh>

                                        Megan Gentry
                                        Former RT-11 Developer

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