Originally Posted by
matimeo
For whatever reasons, this "I don't care" attitude really rubs me the wrong way. I mean, I understand it to a point- I don't need to fret about what other people think of my personal decisions. But if I'm breaking the law, I need to start to care- otherwise our society is in a lot of trouble if it keeps going this way. I suppose I should infer from what you said that you don't follow the law just in order to make others happy, but that you think it is generally a good idea to follow it- but maybe I'm wrong.
People have been breaking the speed limit laws more than not for decades...as cyclists we don't like it, but somehow society as a whole as survived. People have been smoking reefer for decades...somehow we've avoided a total breakdown of civilization.
Come down from the ledge, sir.
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