Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star...
by woodruffw on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @07:35PM
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The distinction is important: a change in a law isn’t always a slippery slope towards other things. Implementing congestion pricing isn’t a slippery slope towards seizing peoples’ cars, which was GP’s point (which I agree with).
To make it obvious: universal suffrage is a change that happened, but it wasn’t a slippery slope towards giving dogs the right to vote. Some changes result in new stases.
Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star...
by listenallyall on Thursday May 15, 2025 @02:00AM
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But nobody was claiming congestion pricing would absolutely lead to seizing cars. The OP was talking about the fear that more things may happen, which is perfectly logical. Today, nobody (including you) can say whether 10 or 20 years from now, ICE cars will be banned. But observing steps that appear to lead in that direction, and being concerned or fearful, is rational and logical.
Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star...
by bongodongobob on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @09:23PM
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Yeah well if you live in the US, you'll hear dumb arguments like that every day - "maybe we could like, make you wait an hour before you can purchase a gun?" "DEMONRATS ARE TAKING OUR GUNS" "We should fund sex education/planned parenthood" "BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MURDER BABIES", etc.
Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star...
by almosthere on Thursday May 15, 2025 @01:47AM
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Well, because that is murder. I will say that until "planned parenthood" is more about helping pregnant teens plan to be parents.
Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star...
by superblas on Thursday May 15, 2025 @04:02AM
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Could you please expand on how that is murder?
Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star...
by almosthere on Thursday May 15, 2025 @12:49PM
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Abortion, it is literally killing a human. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bGulABsExMs
Sounds like an arbitrary distinction, but in any event, it was the OP who used "slippery slope" to refer to going from "congestion pricing in NYC" to "they're going to take my car."