I don’t want the space syphillis...

I was being factitious.

I agree with your first paragraph and I stand by my point of evaluating on a case by case basis because that is what rational people do.

I agree.

Just because someone breaks the law does not give others carte blanche to do the same.

Some bicyclists think they are entitled to more rights than others on the road. As a pedestrian in downtown SF, I have seen my share of bicyclists blow through red lights and through crosswalks full of pedestrians. I have seen them play chicken with Muni buses by going straight in their turn lanes.

You just described buildings in Tokyo and Hong Kong.

How about charging people with crimes based on the evidence instead of a blanket assumption that the driver is always at fault.

Yeah no. We have people who have deathwishes in San Francisco. They walk into traffic on red lights. Some even get hit by the light rail trains. Try wrapping your mind around that one.

Sample size is low. Bicycle ridership is single digits for the whole population in some cities.

A few things:

Porn stars.

You mean Peter Weyland.

Why waste time to transport a nuke to Mars? Just divert an asteroid and drop it on the surface.

Are you implying we disband our military?

Since Trump wants to destroy everything he perceives as Obama’s work, can we tell him the 25 year import rule was also Obama’s doing?

The Mercedes van is RWD.  Other chassis that are based on FWD need reinforcement for the location of the drive wheels due to the added stress and the space for the motor.

And upgrade the crash safety while they  are at it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun

If you want to go with this take, you don’t want to know how the US got its space program.