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Originally Posted by 09'Z28
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no, you can't argue facts but facts aren't necessarily the same thing as statistics. sure you can't argue the statistic/fact that if i drop a 5lb weight while in a weighted environment it will fall, but you can argue that the horrible driving statistic isn't a fact because you could take a group of 100 people in accidents and statistically 15 of them would be ages 15-20, however, factually they could be any number from 0-100 of the crashes so it isn't a fact that they are worse only a statistic. a statistic which can be caused by a small group of people who were just given a fast car without having to work for it at all and had the mentality of "if i wreck it mommy and daddy will just get me another one" but if you make the kid really work for it or work on it (more than just minor maintenance, i mean work that takes blood, sweat, and sometimes even tears) they would be more careful because if they wreck it, it's on them not just their parents credit card.
/mini rant |
Ok... firstly my head hurts after reading that. I can't even respond to most of it because its just...... words can't even.....
But the bottom, about a kid working for it, both in my experience in the insurance industry and in the fire department, I've heard the story a million times. 16-18 yr old kid that worked 7 days a week and spent all his time working on it an wrenching and etc, and yet still managed to take it out and do 100 mph into a tree. For every 1 "good kid" theres way too many "good kids" that still make really bad decisions.