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From: chabot@amber.DEC (Lisa Chabot)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: re: Evolution in Action
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Date: Thu, 5-Jul-84 15:09:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  5 15:09:07 1984
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Bruce Giles said:
> Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle had an interesting phrase in one of
> their books:  "Evolution in Action".
>
> And here is a perfect example!  (NJ & Booze)
>
> According to the EiA principal, we should drop the drinking age, remove all
> highway speed limits, etc, because those who tended to get drunk frequently,
> could not drive at high speeds, or whatever tended to kill themselves. 
> Consequently, they had no more children, and any they already had faced a
> harder situation.  (Remember EiA -> minimal welfare). 

WRONG!!  The problem drunk drivers is that they kill other people.  Lots of
other people.  In fact, frequently ONLY other people--there's this nifty effect
of being bombed which is that you're very sloppily relaxed, hence you tend to
end up with fewer broken bones, etc.

So, you get drunk, you drive, you kill a couple of people, you get depressed,
you drink, and if you are still able to get near a car (that is, if you're not
in the hoosegow) you drive ...

S'no problem, we'll all be dead,
L S Chabot

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