Posted on 07/13/2011 1:51:58 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Israel's National Road Safety Authority has concluded the ubiquitously dangerous behavior of Israeli Arabs behind the wheel stems from a sense of unfairness rather than their simply being lawless scofflaws.
Legal observers note that anti-social feelings are not an affirmative defense in any court of law and that reckless endangerment of others - which does not require conscious decision-making - remains a serious criminal act demonstrating an abberant lack of regard for human life. Further, many question the validity of concluding 'acts of resistance' are not voluntary in cases where Arab drivers behind the wheel of heavy equipment or large delivery vehicles drive wildly in densely populated Jewish areas knowing, if they cause an accident, they will likely be uninjured while the Jews they hit may well be maimed or killed. Drivers have been heard to shout "Allahu Akhbar" as they plow into pedestrians and other vehicles. ..... According to the research, conducted at the Technion's Transportation Research by Dr. Roni Factor, Professor David Lal, and Professor Anat Rafaeli, a 'sense of deprivation and disenfranchisement' in the Arab sector has led to hurt feelings and 'passive-aggressive frustration' expressed by maniacal driving.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Just returned from Italy on Monday. Talk about bad drivers! Wow!
This is satire, right??
Right??
PLEASE tell me it’s satire!!!!
“Or they are overwhelmed by the excitement of being able to drive incredibly fast, as opposed to the slower pace of animals, and drive like maniacs, perhaps clicking their tongues and whooping their exuberance as they smash into the car in the next lane.”
Perhaps they are preoccupied with trying to figure out how to molest their automobile in a fashion similar to how they treat their other animals.
Not satire. I even commented on this many times to my host.
I was referring to the insipid, yet inane, psychobabble in the story - I believe the part about Arabs being bad drivers... ;)
(By the bye - I was stationed in Southern Italy in the 60’s, so I find your description of Italian drivers to be entirely believable....)
There are some Asian women here in New Jersey who must really be pissed off.
‘sense of deprivation and disenfranchisement’ in the Arab sector has led to HURT FEELINGS”
get out the world’s smallest violin!
This is some really funny stuff gang!
Italians are resisting unconsciousness!
This is psychobabble parodying psychobabble, and entirely unaware of the parody.
Perhaps the psychologists are unconsciously resisting the conscious suppression of their logic and common sense, so are writing inanity.
I'm astonished the idiot wrote this. Thst's not bad driving, that's terroristic MURDER.
I don't care where you're from, that's just Malum in se. Wrong by itself anywhere.
...the ubiquitously dangerous behavior of Israeli Arabs behind the wheel stems from a sense of unfairness rather than their simply being lawless scofflaws.Years ago at one of those all-star benefits, the show was going to be closed by Bruce Springsteen et al; Tom Petty and the HB were somewhere near the end of the bill also. The showrunner said, it may sound like the crowd is booing, but they're really just yelling "Bruuuce!" Petty's reply was, "what's the difference?"
But it’s all Bibi’s fault.
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