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It's really not nuanced. You seem to think that other loud cars are bad but your loud car is ok but guess what, they're all the same to the people outside the c
by amrocha 3y ago
It's really not nuanced. You seem to think that other loud cars are bad but your loud car is ok but guess what, they're all the same to the people outside the car.
I don't care about your performance car. Go to a racetrack if you want that. Get your loud car off public streets.
- sirsinsalot 3y agoI think my loud car is OK when it isn't loud. When I switch map and close the exhaust flaps. OPs view would ban my modifications, when I respect people's desire not to hear my car. I'm saying don't tar everyone with the same brush. But sure, over simplify and catastrophise. It's clear you didn't read my whole reply but chose the pitchfork instead.
- amrocha 3y agoOk but why should a car have the ability to be a nuisance in the first place? I get that you're saying you're responsible about it but if we allow that, then people who are not responsible will also do it.
- samatman 3y agoThe generalization of what you're saying here would ban trombones, because someone can get drunk and play them at 3AM. Pre-crime is a poor basis for law.
- earthling8118 3y agoNobody mentioned trombones. This discussion is about automobiles.
- samatman 3y agoDo you have difficulty generalizing in general, or just in this specific case?
- amrocha 3y agoThat's the same logic that mass murder supporters use to justify the sale of assault rifles to the general public in the USA
- sirsinsalot 3y ago"mass murder supporters"... I'm pro gun control and that's weird language and logic even for me. I can't have reasoned discussion with that kind of dogmatic mindset.
- samatman 3y agoSure, that makes sense, I guess. Since I do support the sale of semiautomatic weapons to the general public, unlike genocide supporters such as yourself. Every government which commits genocide begins by confiscating weapons from the public, after all. So that must be what you want. I'm kind of joking, I consider gun-control advocates to be sincere, but tragically mistaken. I just figured your insane hyperbole deserved the same.
- lxgr 3y agoThere is no alternative to a trombone making noise, but silent cars that get you from A to B at whatever speed you desire very much do exist. That said, I have no issue at all with loud cars existing, as long as nobody that's annoyed by them ever has to hear them. They shouldn't get a license plate for public roads though.
- samatman 3y agoThe topic of discussion is a car which may be loud, but may also be quiet, or at least, makes the normal amount of noise. This is much like a trombone. Don't run the car loud off the highway, and things are fine. Don't play the trombone in the middle of the night. Simple.
- lxgr 3y agoWhy is being loud on the highway necessary when there is an alternative (driving a quiet car)? There are people and animals living close to highways, some of them longer than either the highway or your loud car have existed. Cars also have the tendency to sometimes go outside and move from place to place quite rapidly, creating the potential to wake or otherwise disturb thousands of people in a short timespan. Try that with a trombone!
- hollerith 3y agoIf my neighborhood had trombones making loud noises dozens of times every day, I'd be in favor of a ban on the sale of trombones, too.
- sirsinsalot 3y agoWhy should a chainsaw? Or lawnmower? Or even the keyboard you're typing on? It is the people, not the objects, which are the nuisance.
- lxgr 3y agoSilent cars already exist. The first person to invent the silent lawnmower or chainsaw is basically an instant millionaire.