Atheists offended by teddy bears...

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Didn't it occur to them to spend all that money on making the road a little less deadly?

I don't think so. But at least, these "memorials" are cheap. No hard stone, no art. Just a plane of wood or carton painted in black and roughly cut like a human silhouette. One like that per dead.

Edit: I forgot to mention, but this road is right between the wineries of Bordeaux. Not that it has anything to do with the death toll

[Kropotkin]

They might have a few points, but for the wrong reason.

In Sweden, there's an annual christmas campaign by the clothes-company H&M that includes huge signs with top-models that some people have called traffic-hazards - Anna-Nicole Smith a number of years ago gave the largers roar, not so much when they used Steve Buscemi - as those would lead to men losing control of their cars. Much of the critice comes from feminist groups that doesn't want them there for other reasons but the traffic-hazard point is often made. Maybe the pictures are demeaning to women, but so are the statements about men that can't control themselves just because of a picture of a half-naked woman. Once again, an argument is used for the 'wrong' reason.

[Jamski]

Sorry, I'm trying to give up smoking (after 12 years) and I'm ready to be an argumentative arsehole on ANY subject at the moment.

For "God's" sake someone e-mail me a Marlboro.

-Jam

[Spiffor]

Jamski, check your PMs

[Jamski]

Thanks Spiff

Although I want one even more now

/me lights up a virtual cig *

No good - I still feel a need to kill the cat.

-Jam

[DinoDoc]

Why not use the patch since cold turkey seems to be going badly for you?

[Q Classic]

there used to be a site which had digital crack. if you could find that...

[Spiffor]

What about chewing gum? Won't that have you stress out?

[Spiffor]

Actually, a good troll may do the trick. Explain right from the beginning why you are trolling so hard, and fine someone who msut calm down as well. You'll both stress out hurling insults at each other

(I'm sure it's fine as long as it is mutual consent )

[Q Classic]

some relationships thrive on conflict, after all.

[chequita guevara]

Let's see, extremeist atheists concerned about road hazards. Move along, nothing to see here.

Y'all a bunch of jackasses.

[MrFun]

Chegitz, personal memorials that are placed OFF the side of the roads are not road hazards in my book.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by MrFun
Chegitz, personal memorials that are placed OFF the side of the roads are not road hazards in my book.

Anything which distracts the driver from concentrating on the road is a road hazard. Maybe it's not a big deal out in Iowa, where no one lives, but in places like Florida, with a high concentration of idiot drivers, I don't need them having another reason to not pay attention. I live in the 8th worst city in America for car crashes, so excuse me if I have a more life-preserving perpective on this than you.

[Q Classic]

Anything which distracts the driver from concentrating on the road is a road hazard. Maybe it's not a big deal out in Iowa, where no one lives, but in places like Florida, with a high concentration of idiot drivers, I don't need them having another reason to not pay attention. I live in the 8th worst city in America for car crashes, so excuse me if I have a more life-preserving perpective on this than you.

then please, oh please, take down billboards en masse. get rid of cows and horses that you can see from the highway, unless you put up a sound barrier.

[Lincoln]

Yeah, and don't plant pretty flowers along the highway either. We don't want to cause the untimely death of anyone. Paint everything black within 20 miles of every road so all nuts everywhere will be happy. And don't allow sunsets either!