Byron Quick
Moderator In Memoriam
Pass. Believe it or not, your opinions don't mean that much to me.
Sir, I believe we are at a failure in communication that is apparently due to your lack of understanding of the definition of opinion. I did not ask you to believe my opinion. I invited you to check out the facts. The number of traffic violations, accidents resulting in no injury, accidents resulting in injuries, and accidents resulting in fatalities involving teenage male drivers is not a personal opinion. It is a public record compiled by the states on a annual basis for many years. Perhaps you meant to state that facts don't mean much to you. That's your perogative. But your perogatives will not result in the metamorphosis of fact into opinion. My opinion has no influence on facts. Here's a newsflash: neither does yours.
It's just that stereotypes (in which I am included) piss me off.
Once again, look up the definition of the word stereotype. Then check the facts on driving. Teenage males have the worst driving record of any segment of the population...fact. Tell me, when the record shows this...how does stating a fact constitute stereotypying? Here's another fact: Males are involved in more accidents of all types (cars, bikes, trikes, ladders, falls, etc.) throughout the lifespan than females are. Is stating this fact an example of stereotyping? And then just to add insult to injury males die at a greater rate than females of all causes in every stage of the lifespan,i.e, infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adult, middle aged adult, and elderly adult. Fact. Not opinion. Not a stereotype. The nerve of the universe in discriminating against males!