NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange for a cut of the fines

Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange... by sdoering on Sunday March 20, 2022 @05:12AM (#30741231)

As someone else stated on a sibling comment of yours. You can decide not to read. But you cannot decide not to breath.

You argue (if one could call you polemic that) to be free of the (negative) consequences of your actions. Free to dump your externalities onto society and burden others with the fallout of you (unnecessary) actions.

That is not freedom my dear fellow.

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Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange... by refurb on Sunday March 20, 2022 @05:58AM (#30741416)

Huh? How can I decide not to read a comment before reading it? The only way for me to tell if a comment offends me, is if I read it, but by then I'm already offended.

"Externalities" is a useful economic concept but it's been hijacked by people who use it as "stop doing things I don't like".

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Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange... by lostdog on Sunday March 20, 2022 @02:46PM (#30745381)

"offended me" is a really different thing than "woke me up and messed up my lungs."

If my comment woke you up last night, then I apologize for making it.

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Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange... by refurb on Sunday March 20, 2022 @07:44PM (#30748040)

So you’re arguing externalities are a matter of harm? And less harmful ones can be ignored?

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