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I think that speeding laws should be abolished on highways and interstates, road surface permitting. I really do.

I also don't surpass 10% over the limit. Neither do I have a radar detector, nor a GPS unit that maps speed traps.

Does this make me a hypocrite? Of course not.

But you would be a hypocrite if you also complained about people speeding in the street where you live.

Would I necessarily be? Perhaps I believe that speeding is particularly unsafe when it is not permitted and therefore not expected.

However I think this analogy has strayed too far and broken down. I'm not sure how complaining about others speeding maps back to encrypting email. (Also, I don't actually care when other people speed, so long as they don't do it recklessly ;)

Residential streets are not at all the same as highways and limited-access interstates.

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