BWM Held Accountable?

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The Toronto Star is at it again.

I am convinced that there is not half a brain shared amongst the entire crowd.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/713424--family-shattered-in-an-instant

We have had another tragic collision (not an " accident "), and the sadness is palpable throughout the city.

Here's why the carnage continues:

• "But a speeding BMW shattered the family forever."

This is not just bad logic, it is a contributory cause to the rate of killing on the roads.

Here's why:

Be firm in your own mind that it was NOT a speeding BMW that caused the death of three people. It was a driver, said to be drunk.

The cause of the three deaths is the driver.

Not the car.

A car (or any other vehicle) is a senseless chunk of metal, and cannot be held to be accountable because it has no mind, no soul, no cognitive process.

The Toronto Star should be damned for bad logic.

The Toronto Star should be doubly-damned because instead of acknowledging the source of the problem, the Toronto Star shifts attention away from the problem (the driver) thereby hindering discussion on the solution.

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