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Re:Yamato becomes Japan's first city to 'ban' use of phones ... by mFixman on Saturday July 04, 2020 @07:57PM (#23735725)
This whole "in a perfect world everyone would walk just like me" is just an attempt to justify the constant loss of walking space to cars since the 1950s.

My dream is that one day pedestrianised spaces would be large enough to allow everyone to use it without compromises.

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Re:Yamato becomes Japan's first city to 'ban' use of phones ... by hombre_fatal on Saturday July 04, 2020 @09:03PM (#23735957)
There is no walking area large enough to spare you from being mindful of others.

Demanding common courtesy from others in shared spaces isn't an attempt to justify anything, much less our car culture.

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