speaking of car alarms... Manhattan Institute

"Phil Kane" <Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop> wrote in message news:<cuvyxnansvbet.hi50wq1.pminews@netnews.comcas t.net>...


> Around here, most people's first reaction is to do a mental
> checklist to make sure that it's not THEIR vehicle.

You're assuming that most people are within audible distance of their
car alarm. If someone can not hear his/her alarm go off, then it
didn't go off. If they don't hear it go off repeatedly, then it's not
broken (and doesn't get fixed).


Phil

"Phil Kane" <Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop> wrote in message news:<cuvyxnansvbet.hi855u5.pminews@netnews.comcas t.net>...


> Is this another manifestation of the New York "don't get involved"
> syndrome which some here keep trying to tell me doesn't exist?

It's actually more of the New York "that %#*%!! alarm on the that Red
Jeep is going off again. That's the sixth time in the past hour,"
manifestation.

As I write this, I can hear an alarm nearby.


Phil

Phil Kane wrote:

> >Actually, until I read your snotty reply, I was just curious regarding
> >the circumstances under which you said the alarm and the "Emergency
> >phone number" worked.
>
> Can you deny that the refusal to take action is another example of
> a "refuse to get involved" attitude - said attitude that turned me
> off to NY as a place to live even though I grew up there and lived
> there for a while as an adult? I discovered a whole different world
> of courtesy, concern, and direct involvement with one's neighbors when
> I moved out west.....

So you thrive in the land of busibodies, vigilantes, militias, and those
who object to government intervention in anything except people's
private lives?
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
>
> Phil Kane wrote:
>
> > >Actually, until I read your snotty reply, I was just curious regarding
> > >the circumstances under which you said the alarm and the "Emergency
> > >phone number" worked.
> >
> > Can you deny that the refusal to take action is another example of
> > a "refuse to get involved" attitude - said attitude that turned me
> > off to NY as a place to live even though I grew up there and lived
> > there for a while as an adult? I discovered a whole different world
> > of courtesy, concern, and direct involvement with one's neighbors when
> > I moved out west.....
>
> So you thrive in the land of busibodies, vigilantes, militias, and those
> who object to government intervention in anything except people's
> private lives?
> --
> Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net


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Actually, having lived in the West for almost 30 years now, I have found
that there are many more busybodies and people who want to tell other
people how to run their lives in the Northeast than I have even seen in
the West. In the Southwest where I live, people tend to stay out of
other's lives except in time of trouble. In the Northeast, if you dont
run your life the way that they think you should, you are all wrong.

Lindy