Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Rights as wrongs

Pedestrians have the RIGHT of way... but it is WRONG to walk out into traffic. That's you, (probably young) person casually sauntering through the "DON'T WALK" signal.

You have the RIGHT to voice your opinion... but it is WRONG to call an ugly person ugly to his face, or inform a 300-pound woman that she's fat. A-hole.

You have the RIGHT to move very slowly, or even stop moving entirely, pretty much whenever and wherever you like. It is WRONG of you to do so in chokepoints that obstruct the movements of others. This means you, old ladies hobbling two and three abreast through narrow grocery store aisles, and you, kids braking in the middle of the road to chat with the (similarly immobile) driver in the next lane.

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