tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post3772505172991828536..comments2023-04-13T06:07:42.577-04:00Comments on The People's Republic of D.Cous.: A Funny Thing Happened On The WayD.Cous.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00107469506062466876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-67514374829810529012010-06-26T07:46:16.574-04:002010-06-26T07:46:16.574-04:00I completely understand the dilemma. Once I was on...I completely understand the dilemma. Once I was on a retreat at a place that was almost literally across the street from the MIS. I tried to leave on Sunday morning. I could see that place a needed to get to--it was only one block away. I could see the traffic on that road going the direction I wanted to go. But I wasn't allowed to turn left to go one block to get to it. The detour was a meandering ten miles long.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992611798455984316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-17371570141067424292010-06-23T23:18:25.170-04:002010-06-23T23:18:25.170-04:00yet another reason why I don't live around the...yet another reason why I don't live around the D-town area (aside from being in the military) anymore.<br /><br />the circular logic portrayed by the *cough* fine officers of the law *cough* in this, ah, scenario remind me greatly of our time at Hillsdale and their... aversion to the legality of me carrying multiple blades of various lengths on my person at any given time.<br />-Olson<br /><br />in other news: I do hope you're doing well, this aside. I'm soitenly doing better than I was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-4251038925992324922010-06-15T13:09:47.118-04:002010-06-15T13:09:47.118-04:00This is awesome. I have often constructed driving ...This is awesome. I have often constructed driving traps like this in my head and wanted to perform large scale social experiments to see how people would react to an intractable situation like this. <br /><br />In my mind I envision a highway leading either into a trough (like on the way into Detroit) or just way out into the middle of nowhere, with no exits at all.<br /><br />How far will people go before the get worried? Before they slow down? Before they try and go back the way they came? Before they ABANDON THEIR CARS! <br /><br />The experiment would have to be with and without large volumes of traffic making escape impossible. There are also plenty of opportunities here for a great, Twilight Zone style story.<br /><br />I never thought I would be able to study this kind of scenario in the real world, but apparently MIS is the place to, as they say, "Git 'er done."Eric Lynchhttp://ewlynch.comnoreply@blogger.com