Originally Posted by
TimothyH
What ever happened to conversation and discussion?
It seem to me that one could simply ride up next to a person with a bright light and say, "Hey, that's a pretty bright light!" and have a conversation from there. If the person listens then you have won a friend. If not then your conscience will be clean.
Instead, nowadays we just go to the internet and call people morons and idiots.
Huh? This is pretty much only a problem when we're passing in opposite directions, so now I have to do a u-turn with my vision a little messed up, catch up to the guy and start a conversation? No thanks, I just tell them firmly but without insult to turn it off as we close the distance. My conscience is fine--it's the level of discourse appropriate to the situation. I've actually seen people look surprised it was bothering people and turn the thing off.