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I'm an enemy of the panoptic surveillance state of course, but at least in this instance the all-seeing eyes of big brother found a worthy target this time. She, and a whole lot more people, shouldn't be driving cars.
Edit: all of you who have downvoted me and castigated my words are fools and animals who do not understand or deserve the rights you enjoy. Better men than you gifted you with liberties in the vein hope that you would use them to become more enlightened than themselves, now you will allow the cabal of pedophiles to take everything from the rest of us, so that you might sleep more soundly in the knowledge that when you are slighted by a criminal, they will be found. Of course, such a criminal state would not bother to find your criminal, as its masters are all too busy using the Palantir to spy on your children as they shower.
I have come to the conclusion that nobody read my post before downvoting. Do you people think I'm pro car? Do you think I'm pro-surveillance? I said she shouldn't be driving, I said I hate the surveillance state, what's wrong with you people? Why are you arguing against those positions that I didon't not advocate for, which I attacked myself? It's genuinely distressing, I'm reading over and over my words and trying to figure out if I misspelled something, but no, I think not a single person read it, it's incredible.
Reminder that driving is not a right, it is a privilege. It is often first taught in driving schools.
Did you not read what I wrote? Did no one? You quoted it, but you missed the part where I said she doesn't deserve to drive.
I'm not talking about the right to drive cars, I'm talking about the right to privacy, and the freedom of speech and assembly - there can be no freedom of expression in an open society of the government in power can see and hear and track and record every moment of your life and everyone else's. There is no room for dissent when your every step is followed by an invisible thug of the state.
Did you read the title? She had the phone face down in her lap.
Yes, and I'm saying that it's good that she was ticketed. I still don't like having cameras everywhere watching and tracking your every move and every word. This was an instance of a bad system producing a good outcome, just as brutal American police officers who rape and pillage sometimes arrest murderers as well.
You people, fools, sheeps and dogs, do not have the reading comprehension to it understand my sentiment, yet you falsely accuse me of failing to read.
Why would it be in her lap while driving if she wasn't using it shortly before they picture was taken?
Yes, let's just make the worst possible assumptions about every person in every situation ever. I mean, what could possibly be wrong with that?!
You might as well be saying "PLEASE SIR, TAKE MY RIGHTS AWAY, I'M TOO STUPID TO EXERCISE THEM ANYWAY"
What assumption are you making then? Why was her phone out of she wasn't using it? Your lap is not a storage location that makes any sense when driving. You don't have a right to drive a car, there are a lot of rules that must be followed. Do you want someone to run you over because they aren't paying attention?
Here's my assumption: fuck you prove it. That should be the assumption of everyone accused of a crime. Especially accused by a bunch of cameras installed by the Epstein class to spy on us all day. I keep my phone on my lap so I can listen to podcasts and thats where I can hear it best.
So maybe stop simping for billionaire pedophiles and remember you are supposed to be someone living in a free society and protected by the rule of law instead of licking fascist boots.
The fuck is wrong with you? You think I'm simping for billionaires because i don't think you should be able to drive while using your phone? And back to the original question, what good reason could she have to have her phone out? I can't think of one.
You need to go back and read the article because you obviously don't understand what actually happened.
I mean, holy hell batman, people are actually losing their ability to read and comprehend what they just read and then go on weird tyrades while totally misrepresenting the substance of the article because they were too lazy to read more than every 50th word.
This is fucking scary guys. Get a fucking grip. It's not that long and the language used is not that complex. Adults should be able to read and comprehend this short basic article, for fucks sake.
We are SO doomed as a species.
I get what happened. I don't agree with the ticket. I don't like spy cameras everywhere. These are not what i originally posted about. I asked what reason could someone have to have a phone out on their lap while driving their car. Did i go on a weird tirade? I didn't think i did.
First of all I just gave you a reason, so I'm going to agree with the other guy in that you're extremely bad at reading comprehension.
As for the rest? Yeah you were 100% simping for the Epstein class. Anyone who supports the police surveillance state is doing the work of pedophile billionaires. That's who you're in bed with. So either get the fuck out of that bed or keep licking I guess. Ain't going to help you though.
I don't think yours is a very good reason. If you are holding it in your lap to listen to podcasts that's not a good spot. It can very easily fall on the floor or next to the seat, which will absolutely distract you enough to cause an accident. Get a dash mount, they're like $5.
I'm not supporting the cameras and don't think they should be writing tickets. I'm just talking about how holding your phone on your lap makes no sense to do. I think there is like a 99% chance she was looking at her phone 5 seconds before this picture was taken.
I don't give a fuck if you think its a good reason. Despite your deep love of fascism you don't get to control me or anyone else.
I think reading comprehension mihht be a prerequisite for being an "enemy of the panoptic surveillance state". You should look into that.
Copying this from another reply, because it fits both:
I'm saying that it's good that she was ticketed. I still don't like having cameras everywhere watching and tracking your every move and every word. This was an instance of a bad system producing a good outcome, just as brutal American police officers who rape and pillage sometimes arrest murderers as well.
You people, fools, sheeps and dogs, do not have the reading comprehension to it understand my sentiment, yet you falsely accuse me of failing to read.
Calm down, Pol Pot. Before dehumizing everyone else and declaring yourself the guardian of all truth, consider this: admitting you made a basic mistake instead of going on an infantile tyrade about how people don't deserve rights will go a long way for you personally. Do it for yourself, not for something or someone else.
Thank me later. Or don't. Just as long as you try. There is no shame in making a mistake. Even less so in admitting it and apologising (quite the opposite actually). But there is a lot of shame in knowingly doubling down. It's clear what happened. Just own up to it. With time, you will discover it's almost like a super power. Your anxiety levels are also bound to go down.
Now go have a cold one and try and contemplate on the message without spewing vitriol toward the messengers.
I'll admit to a mistake when one is made, but because I was right I will only admit to that. In not some guardian of truth, I just have a good opinion, which you and everyone else didn't seem to understand or agree with, either because you're illiterate or like the surveillance state.
It is no more radical a thing to suggest today than it would be two or three hundred years ago, because it was a common sentiment among the early Liberal radicals.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Ben Franklin.
Yet I recognized that, in this specific instance, the evil and corrupt government run by apocalypticist genocidal pedophiles did manage to catch someone doing a bad thing, which was good in that particular instance.
I thank you for nothing but wasting my time.