Has it happened to you? It is 3:00 A.M. You are sitting at a red light. It is one of those intersections with no obstructions. You can see for a mile in each direction. It looks like the rapture came and you were the only one left behind. You seem alone on the earth. Just when you are about to make a rash decision the light turns green and you go on your way, another moment of your life gone forever.
This comes up because I almost broke down and became civilly disobedient. I had to sit at a left turn signal installed by a bureaucrat who obviously never drives this route. If it were a regular signal I could have turned and been on my way. If it was a stop sign I could have turned and been on my way. If I wasn’t such a stick-in-the-mud I would have turned and been on my way. I am getting tired of being law abiding in nonsense situations.
I am considering becoming a civil rights rebel. I realize this is not on the same level as traditional civil rights protests. This is almost childish, but I am getting tired of sitting at red lights when no one is going the other way. I am thinking of starting to make left hand turns before the arrow comes on when there is no one in sight. Is that wrong? I don’t know. I’m asking you.
Later I saw an old guy in a beat up car get tired of waiting and do exactly that. I gave him a thumbs up.
homo unius libri
That's why Big Brother puts up cameras. Think of all that delicious ticket money from you anarchists! ;-)
ReplyDeleteOuch. I was feeling so rebellious that I completely forgot the cameras. It is amazing what you can get used to as the frog is slowly warmed.
ReplyDeleteGrace and peace.