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berg@lemmy.zipto
Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml•Shockingly light punishment for speeding Mercedes driver who killed couple and their babies at SF bus stop
10·1 month agoYour ability to evaluate yourself often degrades with age. It is the state’s responsibility to independently verify that the drivers they license are capable of driving safely.
If prison is for rehabilitation and not punishment, are you suggesting we rehabilitate this woman for being elderly?
berg@lemmy.zipto
Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml•Shockingly light punishment for speeding Mercedes driver who killed couple and their babies at SF bus stop
456·1 month agoThe NY Post is a rag.
The driver is in her eighties, in poor health, previously had a clean record, was not intoxicated or distracted, showed remorse for what happened, and did not contest the charges against her. It is unknown if she suffered a medical incident at the time of the crash.
If prisons are truly for rehabilitation and not punishment, what is she to be rehabilitated for? She already doesn’t have much time left, and being thrown into an overcrowded, run down prison purely out of spite would only serve to further reduce her life expectancy and waste state funds.
If anything, this is a symptom of the state’s over reliance on cars, and insufficient testing and certification of elderly drivers.
berg@lemmy.zipto
MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works•Tankies just love to make perfect the enemy of goodEnglish
111·1 month agoWhat?
Anti-zionism isn’t antisemitism.
Pretty sure China didn’t just glass an entire city, and isn’t currently trying to glass an entire country.
berg@lemmy.zipto
Climate@slrpnk.net•40% of global ship traffic is simply moving fossil fuels around! Renewables make much of this traffic obsolete1·2 months agoAlso, it’s unlikely that countries would be manufacturing their own renewable infrastructure. You would still need ships to haul solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries from China to destination ports.
berg@lemmy.zipto
UK Politics@feddit.uk•UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, says Starmer
63·2 months agothe UK will be left with no choice
Doubt.



Wow, nice personal anecdote. It must be true, then. Let’s just ignore all medical evidence because you think it’s not true.
People age differently, and many people experience cognitive decline that impairs their decision-making, resulting in overestimation of their current, now-degraded abilities.