pk wrote:

A cyclist was clearly at fault and injures pedestrian and the gist of
the thread is to defend cyclists.

The gist of my post was simply not to go about specifically attacking
them without a bit of context. "Cyclists" are a diverse group and
suggesting they're all good or all bad is dopey.

I posted the other day about a grossly irresponsible cyclist who came
within milli seconds of causing me (and himself) serious injury, and
that was met with a resounding silence from the assembled masses.

Well what was I expected to say?
Silence isn't an attack on you, or a defence of someone bad.

Two wheels good & everything else bad?

That is reading /far/ more into reactions than I think is reasonable.
In fact it's going rather in the opposite direction. I think you've
rather over-egged your attempts at "honest broker" impartiality with
that last little rant-ette.

Pete.
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