Walking and Talking and Jamming!

[nevnut]

<p>I've almost hit one or two myself.</p><p><a href="http://www.wnbc.com/news/10948106/detail.html">http://www.wnbc.com/news/10948106/detail.html</a></p>

[Don Stugots]

<p>also proposed is walking while chewing gum.&nbsp; its been reported that people have been struck down while blowing bubbles with their hubba bubba.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If people cannot pay attention to traffic signels while crossing they are too stupid to be allowed to leave their homes. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[Furtherman]

If you're not paying attention, then you take the risk.&nbsp; I see this as thinning the herd.

[weekapaugjz]

if you do not look before crossing the street, you deserve to get hit.&nbsp; i dont think it has anything to do with mp3 players but people being complete and utter retards.&nbsp; i was confused by the line, &quot;in either new york city or buffalo&quot;.&nbsp; just a little weird that buffalo would get thrown into the conversation with no other mention.

[MrPink]

I wouldn't be surprised if this actually passes. We are constantly fucked on regular basis and nobody wants to stand up for themselves.

[weekapaugjz]

<strong>MrPink</strong> wrote:<br />I wouldn't be surprised if this actually passes. We are constantly fucked on regular basis and nobody wants to stand up for themselves.<p>if i did pass, which i highly doubt, do you think cops would even take the time to stop somebody and actually write them a ticket for it?&nbsp; plus, aren't there plenty of other problems in our society to tackle than people crossing the street with headphones in? </p>

[MrPink]

<strong>weekapaugjz</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MrPink</strong> wrote:<br />I wouldn't be surprised if this actually passes. We are constantly fucked on regular basis and nobody wants to stand up for themselves. <p>if i did pass, which i highly doubt, do you think cops would even take the time to stop somebody and actually write them a ticket for it?&nbsp; plus, aren't there plenty of other problems in our society to tackle than people crossing the street with headphones in? </p><p>I don't know if many cops would enforce it, but having a law like that is still morally wrong.</p>

[FMJeff]

<strong>weekapaugjz</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MrPink</strong> wrote:<br />I wouldn't be surprised if this actually passes. We are constantly fucked on regular basis and nobody wants to stand up for themselves. <p>if i did pass, which i highly doubt, do you think cops would even take the time to stop somebody and actually write them a ticket for it?&nbsp; plus, aren't there plenty of other problems in our society to tackle than people crossing the street with headphones in? </p><p>Absolutely they would, if it meant meeting quotas...just as they write tickets for talking on a cell phone or not wearing a seatbelt. </p><p>The most ridiculous aspect of this whole story is the idea that there is an epedemic of people getting hit by busses because they're listening to an IPOD or talking on thier cell. Is there? Are people dropping like flies left and right? Or is this just the talking of a spooked alarmist looking to make headlines by proposing yet another infringement on personal privacy?</p><p>Where were these fucking assholes when the walkman came out? Or the discman? They were portable, they were distracting...im sure people got hit back then...</p><p>mother fuckers man, enough.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[SatCam]

NewsChannel 4 reported that Sen. Carl Kruger is proposing the ban in response to two recent pedestrian deaths in his district, including a 23-year-old man who was struck and killed last month while listening to his iPod on Avenue T and East 71st Street In Bergen Beach.

So the punishment for the crime is death

[WRESTLINGFAN]

<p>1st its a ban on Transfat, now this. Can you say Nanny State?</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>i like playing the music loud in the car but i have never been comfortable with anything in, on, or over my ear. </p><p>it's a tough rule to enforce except for the one's they catch that they can see almost get hit, they deserve the fine and a real hard earslap... ronnie style</p>

[FMJeff]

<p>And isn't this offensive to deaf people? Should we not fucking ban deaf people from using city streets? I mean it's really the same stupid arguement. They can't hear the cars coming, deafness should be banned. </p><p><font size="7">IS THERE NOTHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT? </font></p><p><font size="7">IS THERE NOTHING ELSE?</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">God fucking dammit this is infuriating. STOP WORRYING ABOUT FUCKING TRIVIALITIES AND FIX REAL FUCKING PROBLEMS. ALL LAWMAKERS WANNA DO NOW A DAYS IS FIX THE EASY PROBLEMS AND FEEL LIKE THEY ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING.</font></p><p><font size="2">MOTHERFUCKERS.</font></p>

[Furtherman]

I'm sorry, what?

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>FMJeff</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">IS THERE NOTHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT? </font></p><p><font size="2">IS THERE NOTHING ELSE?</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">God fucking dammit this is infuriating. <strong><font size="4">STOP WORRYING ABOUT FUCKING TRIVIALITIES AND FIX REAL FUCKING PROBLEMS</font></strong>. ALL LAWMAKERS WANNA DO NOW A DAYS IS FIX THE EASY PROBLEMS AND FEEL LIKE THEY ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING.</font></p><p><font size="2">MOTHERFUCKERS.</font></p><p>like Outsourcing!</p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /></p>

[FMJeff]

You honestly have no idea what you're talking about. No, not like outsourcing, dickhead.

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>FMJeff</strong> wrote:<br />You honestly have no idea what you're talking about. No, not like outsourcing, dickhead. <p>sorry budday! I thought the smiley tongue face would indicate i was kidding...</p>

[SatCam]

<strong>FMJeff</strong> wrote:<br>You honestly have no idea what you're talking about. No, not like outsourcing, dickhead.<p></p>

somebody needs a nap

[MrPink]

When was it ever the job of the government to protect us from ourselves? We're being treated like fuckin children. Here's a revolutionary idea, treat us like fucking adults and let natural selection fix things.

[FMJeff]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FMJeff</strong> wrote:<br />You honestly have no idea what you're talking about. No, not like outsourcing, dickhead. <p>sorry budday! I thought the smiley tongue face would indicate i was kidding...</p><p>I know what you meant, and its obnoxious. Outsourcing was not the &quot;easy way out&quot; for me. Trust me, I would've loved to have given those jobs to people on Long Island. Hell, I'm hiring now for $13/hr and they don't even show up for that money. </p><p>Fuck labor on this island, it's dogshit. Let the indians have it, I could care less, so long as the job is getting done. </p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>FMJeff</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FMJeff</strong> wrote:<br />You honestly have no idea what you're talking about. No, not like outsourcing, dickhead. <p>sorry budday! I thought the smiley tongue face would indicate i was kidding...</p><p>I know what you meant, and its obnoxious. Outsourcing was not the &quot;easy way out&quot; for me. Trust me, I would've loved to have given those jobs to people on Long Island. Hell, I'm hiring now for $13/hr and they don't even show up for that money. </p><p>Fuck labor on this island, it's dogshit. Let the indians have it, I could care less, so long as the job is getting done. </p><p>alright, point taken!&nbsp; </p><p>peace,</p><p>funk</p>