On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:54:39 -0000, Mentalguy2k8 <
Mental...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> "Lieutenant Scott" <
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>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:55:08 -0000, Mentalguy2k8 <
Mental...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>
>>> "Lieutenant Scott" <
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>>>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:01:43 -0000, Mentalguy2k8
>>>> <
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>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Lieutenant Scott" <
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>>>>> news:op.wnu7jdjfytk5n5@i7-940...
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>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> You appear to think that nothing can be described as an obstacle as
>>>>> long
>>>>> as
>>>>> it's possible to take some kind of action to pass it.
>>>>>
>>>>> If someone parks across your driveway it's fine, because you can always
>>>>> take
>>>>> your fence down and drive across the pavement instead, right? The
>>>>> amount
>>>>> of
>>>>> effort needed to avoid an "obstacle" doesn't redefine its meaning.
>>>>
>>>> There is virtually no effort required to change lane.
>>>
>>> So do it yourself then
>>
>> As it's virtually no effort, who cares who is the one to do it?
>
> You're still not getting it. If someone has to change their course to avoid
> you, then you are causing an obstruction. It doesn't matter how much or how
> little effort they have to expend to avoid you, you are causing an
> obstruction.
It's a negligible obstruction, not worth even commenting on.
>> Do you walk along a high street towards someone and get annoyed when the
>> other person doesn't move out of the way?
>
> Which is not the same thing at all.
It is exactly the same thing, two moving objects on intersecting paths avoiding each other.
> A better comparison would be someone
> standing in a shop doorway refusing to move, saying that if shoppers want to
> get in or out, they should use the other door because it's too much effort
> to move out of the way.
Using another door is a lot more effort than moving lane.
> However, I've just read the summary of a study on middle-lane-hogging, which
> appears to show that most offenders are those with the least confidence in
> their own driving abilities. Which would make sense, they obviously assume
> that everyone else is more competent to change lanes. Although in my view,
> people who lack the confidence or ability to change lanes shouldn't be
> driving on motorways.
I stay in the middle lane because I have no reason to move. I don't stop at a red light with no traffic coming the other way because I have no reason to. Do you like doing things without reason?
You are The One. But not The One. The One who is not The One, but is Another One. But you are that One who is The One who is The Other One who is, in fact, The One. All is lost.