Government intervention has reversed evolution

[lordkrohn1626]

Government intervention has reversed evolution, and is creating an increasingly stupid population.

 

The world is methodically being dumbed down by government efforts to protect us from stupid people.

 

Stupid drivers don't recognize the dangers of speed, so they drive too fast and kill themselves. The government regulates speed, so now more stupid drivers survive.

 

Stupid automobile passengers get killed because they don't buckle their seat belts. Government steps in and makes seat belt usage mandatory, so now more stupid passengers survive.

 

Stupid pedestrians don't know enough to not step out into a busy street, so they get injured and killed trying to cross the street. The government makes laws giving them the right-of-way, so now more stupid pedestrians survive.

 

Stupid parents don't recognize the value of childhood inoculations. The government makes them vaccinate their children before entering school, so now more children of stupid people survive.

 

Stupid motorcyclists don't recognize the danger of riding without a helmet, so government makes helmets mandatory, so now more stupid motorcyclists survive.

 

But stupidity begets stupidity, so we are being overwhelmed by a tsunami of stupidity. The tsunami is triggered by the government protection of stupid people, which allows them to survive to reproduce.

 

In 1891, Herbert Spencer wrote, "The ultimate result of shielding men from folly is to fill the world with fools."

 

 

 

Like the helmet law, in Florida, it was fought hard by a prominant biker, and he won. No longer is helmets required in Florida. Two months later, he died in a motorcycle accident, sans helmet, in a low speed accident that medical personnel said was highly survivable if only he had worn a helmet....too bad *wipes tear*

 

 

 

I hand him a "darwin's award"

 

 

 

My theory is you should have the choice to be stupid, want to run across the freeway during high traffic times? feel free, we will provide the shovel to scrape you up with at no charge to your family. Want to refuse to wear a seatbelt? no problem, but when you are thrown out of a car while it is cartwheeling down the road...don't expect a lot of sympathy, or medical care from your insurance company or hospital. Yeah, I am okay with primary care being given, but long term therapy and ongoing care? nah, you wanted to be a tough guy....you are on your own. You pay for it. Why should the tax payer pay for your stupidity and refusal to follow safety laws?

 

 

 

As a reserve Police officer, I get a lot of behind the scenes time with accidents, and emergency care personnel. Want to know what we call motorcycle riders who don't wear helmets? Organ donors. Know what we call motorcycle riders who wear helmets? Identifiable organ donors. Want to live life on the edge? your right....jump on that rice rocket and fly by me at 100+, sooner or later you will um....stop. Thats why we don't sweat it when we are chasing a biker, inevitably he will lay it down, or hit an object that will teach him laws of physics....we break out the shop vac, and notify his family. Some accidents (hi speed) helmet or not your dead, but a lot of brain injuries happen from low speed laydowns....that could be prevented by wearing that uncool helmet....no worries, enjoy eating food and moving around via a straw you blow into.

 

 

 

Anyone have a stupid story you wish to share?

[highlanders]

The american government creates stupid people everyday with their horrible educational system. And atleast 50% of the USA are immensely stupid, they voted for Bush, two times in a row.

 

 

 

The government is hell happy their citizens are stupid, they can control them at their will like puppets on strings.

[Nadril]

Down with the government man! Like, the government is evil man... they cause wars and stuff.

 

 

 

And bush is such a Nazi man. All they want you to do is for you to play into their corporate puppet game man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, there are stupid people in every place in the world. But no, I'm sure its The Man thats causing it.

[KCHughes]

The irony of this thread is enough to make a grown man cry.

[Stilev]

the goverment isn't really to blame for all the stuiped people in the world, and i mean really, just making it a law is ganna stop a stuiped person, they are still ganna do it idiots

[Lateralus]

Down with the government man! Like, the government is evil man... they cause wars and stuff.

 

 

 

And bush is such a Nazi man. All they want you to do is for you to play into their corporate puppet game man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, there are stupid people in every place in the world. But no, I'm sure its The Man thats causing it.

 

 

 

I don't like the anti-government hippies either, but I do think the government tries to suppress us, and keep us stupid.

[Nadril]

Down with the government man! Like, the government is evil man... they cause wars and stuff.

 

 

 

And bush is such a Nazi man. All they want you to do is for you to play into their corporate puppet game man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, there are stupid people in every place in the world. But no, I'm sure its The Man thats causing it.

 

 

 

I don't like the anti-government hippies either, but I do think the government tries to suppress us, and keep us stupid.

 

 

 

Yeah that was really sarcastic, mostly just playing on how highlander sounded in his post.

[Flametrooper]

Down with the government man! Like, the government is evil man... they cause wars and stuff.

 

 

 

And bush is such a Nazi man. All they want you to do is for you to play into their corporate puppet game man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, there are stupid people in every place in the world. But no, I'm sure its The Man thats causing it.

 

 

 

I don't like the anti-government hippies either, but I do think the government tries to suppress us, and keep us stupid.

 

 

 

Yeah, I mean, some people take anti-establishment, government conspiracy, etc. to an extreme. Like those Loose Change guys. (See Maddox's page on Loose Change here. See here also.) I mean, governments like people willing to follow them, without question. Any authority does. You probably would, if you were in an authoratative position. No authority likes being questioned. However, I don't think they make big eeeeevil conspiracies about it, nor that I am a sheep for believing this way.

[insane]

Is ceasing the evolutionary process immoral?

[lordkrohn1626]

hmmmmmmmm was my sarcastic thread to much? did it fly over some heads? *reevaluates* hehe cheers

[Flametrooper]

Is ceasing the evolutionary process immoral?

Oh my. You just had to bring this up, didn't you? :notalk:

[Adam007]

It's the government's job to protect us. That's a reason why we pay taxes. If you have no need for a government, find an island somewhere. Evolution is such a long process that laws the US might have has such a negligible effect on it.

 

 

 

I don't think it's right to think in terms of doing what's best to weed out the human race so we can best evolve. It's a natural process, and there are pressures outside our grasp (not religiously) that would shape evolution.

 

 

 

I just don't see why you care what happens to our species so much? It's not like you'll be around to see what our final end product will be. Odds are some catastrophic event will get in the way before it even happens.

[lordkrohn1626]

It's the government's job to protect us. That's a reason why we pay taxes. If you have no need for a government, find an island somewhere. Evolution is such a long process that laws the US might have has such a negligible effect on it.

 

 

 

I don't think it's right to think in terms of doing what's best to weed out the human race so we can best evolve. It's a natural process, and there are pressures outside our grasp (not religiously) that would shape evolution.

 

 

 

I just don't see why you care what happens to our species so much? It's not like you'll be around to see what our final end product will be. Odds are some catastrophic event will get in the way before it even happens.

 

 

 

:XD: dude, you took that WAY to seriously. That is what we in the adult world call SARCASM, a TONGUE IN CHEEK poke at society. I gather you have never read any of my posts before, don't get much more pro-government, pro USA then me. I was poking fun at how we must protect the stupid, and how it is making society evermore....um..."gifted". Take a walk through a tourist trap, um, I mean entertainment park and take a gander at the people you walk by.

 

 

 

Responsibility to make us safe...yeah I agree and disagree. I don't think Mcdonald's should have lost that multi million dollar lawsuit because some STUPID old lady poured hot coffee onto her genitals when driving through the drive thru, and trying to put sugar in it, while navigating her car over the speed bump. That was Mcdonald's fault? so now they have warnings..."Becareful contents are hot!" ...REALLY? #-o . Or how the makers of plastic bags have to print in large letters..."Not a toy, do not give to babies or toddlers!"....no you don't say :wall: .......or how they have to print "not a food" on the moisture absorbent chemical bags they put inside containers, so someone doesnt eat it and sue, which happened obviously, because now there is a warning... :roll: .."don't insert hand while mower is running" sign ....it goes on and on.

 

 

 

Does the human gene pool need a little chlorine added to it now and again? yup, but do I really want people to die a painful death because they are stupid? no....it's called humor......a laugh at how we function in society, and how the government has to put laws into affect to protect us from the obvious.

 

 

 

wasn't that serious dude...lighten up, share a laugh, or move onto another thread...in essence, get over it.

[Nadril]

while navigating her car over the speed bump. That was Mcdonald's fault? so now they have warnings..."Becareful contents are hot!" ...REALLY?

 

 

 

McDonalds was also serving their coffee much hotter than any other food chain. I'm not saying she wasn't stupid but she did have a legit case.

 

 

 

Also to be honest I didn't read your OP. I was responding to highlander.

[The Dark Lord]

How is it wrong to oppress people and keep them ignorant while using them as puppets?

 

 

 

Can you provide any proof that this act is immoral? After all, morals are human-defined and are not written in stone.

[Adam007]

 

 

 

:XD: dude, you took that WAY to seriously. That is what we in the adult world call SARCASM, a TONGUE IN CHEEK poke at society. I gather you have never read any of my posts before, don't get much more pro-government, pro USA then me. I was poking fun at how we must protect the stupid, and how it is making society evermore....um..."gifted". Take a walk through a tourist trap, um, I mean entertainment park and take a gander at the people you walk by.

 

 

 

Responsibility to make us safe...yeah I agree and disagree. I don't think Mcdonald's should have lost that multi million dollar lawsuit because some STUPID old lady poured hot coffee onto her genitals when driving through the drive thru, and trying to put sugar in it, while navigating her car over the speed bump. That was Mcdonald's fault? so now they have warnings..."Becareful contents are hot!" ...REALLY? #-o . Or how the makers of plastic bags have to print in large letters..."Not a toy, do not give to babies or toddlers!"....no you don't say :wall: .......or how they have to print "not a food" on the moisture absorbent chemical bags they put inside containers, so someone doesnt eat it and sue, which happened obviously, because now there is a warning... :roll: .."don't insert hand while mower is running" sign ....it goes on and on.

 

 

 

Does the human gene pool need a little chlorine added to it now and again? yup, but do I really want people to die a painful death because they are stupid? no....it's called humor......a laugh at how we function in society, and how the government has to put laws into affect to protect us from the obvious.

 

 

 

wasn't that serious dude...lighten up, share a laugh, or move onto another thread...in essence, get over it.

 

Maybe I would have read it in a different light if you preempted it saying you intended on it being sarcastic or funny. Because I didn't really see any sarcasm worth noting, unless the whole thing was sarcastic. And nothing was really funny to me, except the organ donor reference. But eh, I took it the wrong way. I replied seriously to what I thought was a serious thread. I haven't noticed any trend to your posts like you mentioned, but be sure I'll take your advice and not take other stuff you write seriously.

 

 

 

Back to the issue (walking a thin line here...am I crossing back into being serious?), I do agree that the government can be overprotective, and that there definitely should be much more self accountability enforced than there is now.

[Kill_Thomas9]

They put up signs saying "Danger. 10,000 volts. Do not touch."

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you're stupid enough to touch a bug buzzing box with wires comming out of it, you deserve to die.

[lordkrohn1626]

while navigating her car over the speed bump. That was Mcdonald's fault? so now they have warnings..."Becareful contents are hot!" ...REALLY?

 

 

 

McDonalds was also serving their coffee much hotter than any other food chain. I'm not saying she wasn't stupid but she did have a legit case.

 

 

 

Also to be honest I didn't read your OP. I was responding to highlander.

 

 

 

I like my coffee hot, but I don't drive over speed bumps with it clutched between my legs while I remove the lid to add cream and sugar...but thats just me. So because she defied common sense and logic, we all get our coffee "x" amount of degrees colder now and they had to cough up millions between paying her off, and issuing signs and reprinting their cups to reflect a "contents hot" disclaimer.....sad really. Do I weep for big "M"? nah, they have more money then Mrs Krok and her entire family can ever spend in 20 lifetimes.....I guess I just hate frivilous lawsuits. Like the big million dollar one being placed by a judge (think in NY) because the cleaners lost his pants.....million dollars for a lost pair of pants.....he should be placed in Jail and disbarred just for bogging down an already overbooked, backlogged system for his dumb lawsuit, but thats the country I love so much, Litigation capital of the world.

 

 

 

Now if she bought an iced coffee, and spilled it on herself, and it was actually a boiling hot cup of coffee, not what she ordered, sue away. She got what she ordered...a hot cup of coffee. They shouldnt be held responsible if she dumps it on her head or other body parts....its not bath oil.

[Kill_Thomas9]

while navigating her car over the speed bump. That was Mcdonald's fault? so now they have warnings..."Becareful contents are hot!" ...REALLY?

 

 

 

McDonalds was also serving their coffee much hotter than any other food chain. I'm not saying she wasn't stupid but she did have a legit case.

 

 

 

Also to be honest I didn't read your OP. I was responding to highlander.

 

 

 

I like my coffee hot, but I don't drive over speed bumps with it clutched between my legs while I remove the lid to add cream and sugar...but thats just me. So because she defied common sense and logic, we all get our coffee "x" amount of degrees colder now and they had to cough up millions between paying her off, and issuing signs and reprinting their cups to reflect a "contents hot" disclaimer.....sad really. Do I weep for big "M"? nah, they have more money then Mrs Krok and her entire family can ever spend in 20 lifetimes.....I guess I just hate frivilous lawsuits. Like the big million dollar one being laced by a judge (think in NY) because the cleanersloat his pants.....million dollars for a lost pair of pants.....he should be placed in Jail and disbarred just for bogging down a already overbooked, backlogged system for his dumb lawsuit, but thats the country I love so much, Litigation capital of the world.

 

 

 

Now if she bought an iced coffee, and spilled it on herself, and it was actually a boiling hot cup of coffee, not what she ordered, sue away. She got what she ordered...a hot cup of coffee. They shouldnt be held responsible if she dumps it on her head or other body parts....its not bath oil.

 

I seriously loled at that last part. Next thing you know, someone is gunna get frostbite from their frappachino at starbucks and sue them...

[lordkrohn1626]

 

 

 

:XD: dude, you took that WAY to seriously. That is what we in the adult world call SARCASM, a TONGUE IN CHEEK poke at society. I gather you have never read any of my posts before, don't get much more pro-government, pro USA then me. I was poking fun at how we must protect the stupid, and how it is making society evermore....um..."gifted". Take a walk through a tourist trap, um, I mean entertainment park and take a gander at the people you walk by.

 

 

 

Responsibility to make us safe...yeah I agree and disagree. I don't think Mcdonald's should have lost that multi million dollar lawsuit because some STUPID old lady poured hot coffee onto her genitals when driving through the drive thru, and trying to put sugar in it, while navigating her car over the speed bump. That was Mcdonald's fault? so now they have warnings..."Becareful contents are hot!" ...REALLY? #-o . Or how the makers of plastic bags have to print in large letters..."Not a toy, do not give to babies or toddlers!"....no you don't say :wall: .......or how they have to print "not a food" on the moisture absorbent chemical bags they put inside containers, so someone doesnt eat it and sue, which happened obviously, because now there is a warning... :roll: .."don't insert hand while mower is running" sign ....it goes on and on.

 

 

 

Does the human gene pool need a little chlorine added to it now and again? yup, but do I really want people to die a painful death because they are stupid? no....it's called humor......a laugh at how we function in society, and how the government has to put laws into affect to protect us from the obvious.

 

 

 

wasn't that serious dude...lighten up, share a laugh, or move onto another thread...in essence, get over it.

 

Maybe I would have read it in a different light if you preempted it saying you intended on it being sarcastic or funny. Because I didn't really see any sarcasm worth noting, unless the whole thing was sarcastic. And nothing was really funny to me, except the organ donor reference. But eh, I took it the wrong way. I replied seriously to what I thought was a serious thread. I haven't noticed any trend to your posts like you mentioned, but be sure I'll take your advice and not take other stuff you write seriously.

 

 

 

Back to the issue (walking a thin line here...am I crossing back into being serious?), I do agree that the government can be overprotective, and that there definitely should be much more self accountability enforced than there is now.

 

 

 

hehe fair enough Adam, fair enough. If you have seen me stalking around the topics, I normally come across as a A-type, (according to some...arrogant) law enforcing, rule following serious person who enters most threads with an informed opinion and a bit of an attitude. Trying to lighten up that perception ( :XD: ) I wrote a tongue in cheek thread, that personally, I thought was pretty funny....maybe I need to re-evaluate that....hehe...perhaps I didn't articulate it well enough to make the humor easy to understand...anyway, I will make sure I put *sarcasm* at the beginning and end of these type of threads if I do another, so you can identify it as such :wink:

[Adam007]

 

 

 

:XD: dude, you took that WAY to seriously. That is what we in the adult world call SARCASM, a TONGUE IN CHEEK poke at society. I gather you have never read any of my posts before, don't get much more pro-government, pro USA then me. I was poking fun at how we must protect the stupid, and how it is making society evermore....um..."gifted". Take a walk through a tourist trap, um, I mean entertainment park and take a gander at the people you walk by.

 

 

 

Responsibility to make us safe...yeah I agree and disagree. I don't think Mcdonald's should have lost that multi million dollar lawsuit because some STUPID old lady poured hot coffee onto her genitals when driving through the drive thru, and trying to put sugar in it, while navigating her car over the speed bump. That was Mcdonald's fault? so now they have warnings..."Becareful contents are hot!" ...REALLY? #-o . Or how the makers of plastic bags have to print in large letters..."Not a toy, do not give to babies or toddlers!"....no you don't say :wall: .......or how they have to print "not a food" on the moisture absorbent chemical bags they put inside containers, so someone doesnt eat it and sue, which happened obviously, because now there is a warning... :roll: .."don't insert hand while mower is running" sign ....it goes on and on.

 

 

 

Does the human gene pool need a little chlorine added to it now and again? yup, but do I really want people to die a painful death because they are stupid? no....it's called humor......a laugh at how we function in society, and how the government has to put laws into affect to protect us from the obvious.

 

 

 

wasn't that serious dude...lighten up, share a laugh, or move onto another thread...in essence, get over it.

 

Maybe I would have read it in a different light if you preempted it saying you intended on it being sarcastic or funny. Because I didn't really see any sarcasm worth noting, unless the whole thing was sarcastic. And nothing was really funny to me, except the organ donor reference. But eh, I took it the wrong way. I replied seriously to what I thought was a serious thread. I haven't noticed any trend to your posts like you mentioned, but be sure I'll take your advice and not take other stuff you write seriously.

 

 

 

Back to the issue (walking a thin line here...am I crossing back into being serious?), I do agree that the government can be overprotective, and that there definitely should be much more self accountability enforced than there is now.

 

 

 

hehe fair enough Adam, fair enough. If you have seen me stalking around the topics, I normally come across as a A-type, (according to some...arrogant) law enforcing, rule following serious person who enters most threads with an informed opinion and a bit of an attitude. Trying to lighten up that perception ( :XD: ) I wrote a tongue in cheek thread, that personally, I thought was pretty funny....maybe I need to re-evaluate that....hehe...perhaps I didn't articulate it well enough to make the humor easy to understand...anyway, I will make sure I put *sarcasm* at the beginning and end of these type of threads if I do another, so you can identify it as such :wink:

 

I was a little critical when I said it wasn't that funny, just not reading it in the right mindframe. Like you said, it's tongue in cheek, a more subtle humor, so I didn't mean to offend. It was articulated well enough, I was just skimming. Most OT'ers are used to heated debates, so a lot of us figured you were arguing a point and missed the sarcasm.

[lordkrohn1626]

no worries Adam. I agree that a lot of OT'ers seem to enter each thread with fist balled up and chips on both shoulders, set in their ways and bound and determined not to open up their closed little minds to take a peek at another perspective.....and I may very well be one as well. I recognize that fact, and have decided to lighten up just a tad....or try lol. :oops:

 

 

 

So it is understandable when ppl see a thread in Offtopic by me, they could assume it was serious, aggressive and a bit harsh. :uhh:

[Nadril]

while navigating her car over the speed bump. That was Mcdonald's fault? so now they have warnings..."Becareful contents are hot!" ...REALLY?

 

 

 

McDonalds was also serving their coffee much hotter than any other food chain. I'm not saying she wasn't stupid but she did have a legit case.

 

 

 

Also to be honest I didn't read your OP. I was responding to highlander.

 

 

 

I like my coffee hot, but I don't drive over speed bumps with it clutched between my legs while I remove the lid to add cream and sugar...but thats just me. So because she defied common sense and logic, we all get our coffee "x" amount of degrees colder now and they had to cough up millions between paying her off, and issuing signs and reprinting their cups to reflect a "contents hot" disclaimer.....sad really. Do I weep for big "M"? nah, they have more money then Mrs Krok and her entire family can ever spend in 20 lifetimes.....I guess I just hate frivilous lawsuits. Like the big million dollar one being placed by a judge (think in NY) because the cleaners lost his pants.....million dollars for a lost pair of pants.....he should be placed in Jail and disbarred just for bogging down an already overbooked, backlogged system for his dumb lawsuit, but thats the country I love so much, Litigation capital of the world.

 

 

 

Now if she bought an iced coffee, and spilled it on herself, and it was actually a boiling hot cup of coffee, not what she ordered, sue away. She got what she ordered...a hot cup of coffee. They shouldnt be held responsible if she dumps it on her head or other body parts....its not bath oil.

 

 

 

The point is is that it caused her third degree burns while just spilling a normal hot cup of coffee on you wouldn't do near as much damage.

 

 

 

She was still stupid for what she did but it was dangerously hot. Also people can have accidents, like trip with coffee in their hand or whatever you want to think of.

[Satenza]

They let disabled people have things to help them live too, i mean all this helps getting stupid. Lets steal their wheelchairs and leave them out in the woods for evolution to take its true course.

[lordkrohn1626]

They let disabled people have things to help them live too, i mean all this helps getting stupid. Lets steal their wheelchairs and leave them out in the woods for evolution to take its true course.

 

 

 

Wow....if you can not differentiate between someone being stupid (lack of common sense) and physically disabled.......you might need to seek professional help. Someone being dumb enough to ride a high speed open air vehicle without safety devices...and someone needing a wheelchair...big difference.....the inference to government reversing evolution was a dry humored poke at reality. Handicapped does not make you stupid. I really hope you understand the difference. internet search for darwins awards.....these are perfect examples of STUPID people. They removed themselves from the human gene pool due to their own incredible stupidity. I was making a point of how we are ensuring the stupid people survive, thus continuing to lower the collective gene pool, thus in a sense...*poke* reversing evolution (continued forward progression of a species)...if this was to much for you to comprehend, I don't think I can dumb it down much more. :uhh:

 

 

 

Nadril: I understand and agree with you that accidents happen, I just don't agree that mcdonalds should have been held acountable for her lack of good judgement. If I go to Home Depot and grab a can of paint thinner, open it on the way out of the store, trip and spill it on my shoes, and my toes get chemical burns....I don't think I should be able to sue them.....or that they should have to have a sign that says, dont pour on your toes.....when are we as a society going to step up to the plate, and be accountable for our mistakes, rather then quickly look around for someone else to blame, and sadly, someone to sue?

 

 

 

I do however concede your point that their coffee was allegedly substantially hotter then most.....but if you go through anyones drive through, order a cup of HOT coffee, open it and dump it on your nether region...you are gonna get burned....as it isnt designed or intended for you to do so...whether their coffee was 105 or 145 degrees, its not supposed to be dumped on your lap. Neither is paint thinner designed to go on your toes. Whether that brand of thinner was more caustic then most is irrelevent, it isnt designed to be dumped on your toes, and you cant have a sign warning against every dumb thing people will do, so you shouldn't be sued for it.