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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fuck this. Freedom has costs, a few seconds of noise ain't a big deal

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A single loud exhaust can wake up 10,000 people. The impact on mental and physical health if this happens a few times a night is immense.

Motorists had their chance to not ruin the world for everyone else, and they failed the test. Time to intervene.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not saying that it can't be a problem for some people but again that's the cost of freedom people are allowed to make their own choices with what they purchase and what they do. if you don't like that you are totally free to remove yourself from the situation any which way you see fit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The freedom of one ends where it infringes on the rights of others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think that applies to the scenario really

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, getting woken up several times a night (although in our case it's usually motorcycles) is an infringement of rights. So yes, it does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

do you have a constitutional right to stay asleep? I highly doubt it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Do you have a constitutional right to drive a car? I highly doubt that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

@[email protected] did not say which rights were at issue. Sleep is proven to be essential for survival. It’s also important to livelihoods. Sleep deprivation is also a common torture tactic as well as a driving impairment worse than intoxication. Perhaps no state’s constitution covers this but some of the relevant rights are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your suggestion is that people experiencing antisocial behaviour that affects their health and wellbeing should just move to a new house? Where the same thing can easily happen again? And that we, as a society, should do absolutely nothing else about it?

Deranged take, worthy of a 'libertarian' teenager.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

it's amazing how often people inject their own thoughts into your speech just to insult you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Keep your noise to yourself dipshit. Get a life beyond your motor vehicle and stop inflicting your bullshit on the populace you inconsiderate garbage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are your hobbies so we can call you a cunt for having them?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mostly these days I'd say your mom. Lotta lady so it keeps me real busy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah that explains it, you're American. Being retarded is your hobby

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

sorry, we can't all be wankers and twats like merry ol' blighty, but hey, if we're challenged, it's because we learned it from the assholes who established the colonies.

You fuckwits.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah go ahead and jump to conclusions... just because I support people's rights to make their own decisions about what they own and what they do doesnt mean I do those things myself

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

vrroooom vrooooom

the sound of both your brain cells fighting to see which one gets to drive the asshole around tonight

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@sturmblast @Mex
Freedom has costs: fitting a silencer or using a quiet vehicle is not a big deal.