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If I drove a car to and from work, and kept it parked in the street at night, would you consider that frivolous?
by raldi 13y ago
If I drove a car to and from work, and kept it parked in the street at night, would you consider that frivolous?
- dalke 13y agoNow you've switched topics. I said there are reasonable arguments for saying that the thesis - that private buses reduce the number of cars and make more effective use of commuting time - is frivolous. Now you want me to make a specific judgment about a generic use of your car? Why the topic switch? My view is that my taxes should not help fund a personal garage for you to store your car. If it's kept on the street then you should pay market rate for it, and the city shouldn't subsidize the cost for everyone with a car. So, are you paying the real costs for the parking? Then no, it's not frivolous no matter how you want to use it. Are you driving because you don't feel like walking two blocks every day and would rather drive that distance instead, and you want the city to guarantee that you have free parking on both ends of the trip? Then yes, it's a frivolous reason.
- raldi 13y agoI was using that as an illustrative example, and indeed, it has revealed the crux of our disagreement: You think "frivolous" means one thing, and the dictionary and I think it means another.
- dalke 13y agoHow am I using it incorrectly? I even quoted the dictionary meaning I was using. There are other definitions as well. Do you mean one of them? If you want everyone to have a 99% chance of finding free parking, because you like driving better than walking, then why can't I say that you're making a frivolous argument?