~or~ The Third World Has An Advantage Over Us!
Once, while I was stationed in the South of Spain, I saw an amusing sight. A man on a moped. With two children on the moped also. He was driving the moped with one hand while his other hand restrained a chicken in a basket in front of the handlebars. The chicken was not happy.
Nobody said anything to him, and nobody ever will, because in this respect at least, Spain wins over America: They let you take some of your own risks instead of legislating them out of your opportunity.
In the USA, that man would be arrested for Endangering a Child and cited for Animal Cruelty and Transporting Livestock Without A License. Is it any wonder that everyone in America "needs" a CAR with a TRUNK?
Don't whine at me about how greedy/evil/wasteful I am with my minivan, unless you are willing to allow me to drag my family, pets, and luggage, on a home-made trailer behind a bike spewing blue smoke.
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