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Take meditation or take a gun
On Jul 17, 6:20 pm, catzz66 wrote:
This is an exception, but I have generally decided not to reply to this guy's threads. What possible good could come from cross posting to rec.bicycles.misc, alt.planning.urban, rec.bicycles.soc, rec.bicycles.rides, uk.rec.cycling? If you find a pile of cow manure by the side of the road and stir it up, you still just have a stirred up pile of cow manure. Monkeys throw **** when they get mad, that's why we have to consider cows quite civilized. Good thing the Internet allows for civilized conflict resolution. |
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A civilized society cannot let the law of the jungle rule itsroads
On Jul 18, 1:04*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote:
"Don't tease the monkey" T-shirt... http://www.zazzle.com/don_t_tease_th...55204051654433 "A civilized society cannot let the law of the jungle rule its roads; if we want to ensure fairness, government must act to protect the weak." And why should we protect the monkey, not the lion? Because then the lion will eat the monkey, stupid. And that keeps the other monkeys terrorized, which is not what we want. We want them to come out, right? Here's a smart comment on the subject... "The purpose of the police power is to protect public health, safety, and welfare. When it comes down to cars vs. bicycles, the latter need greater protection than the former -- after all, cars kill more Americans than guns do, whereas beds kill more Americans than bikes do. That's why places which truly embrace bicycling as a valid (and safe) mode of transportation have laws that aren't fair: bicycles get more rights than cars. In many northern European countries, the driver is always at fault in a bicycle-car crash. Some municipalities even completely exempt bicycles from many road regulations (like one-way traffic flow) -- since such regulations are often intended to regulate cars (in the one-way example, that street might be too narrow for two cars to pass but plenty wide for two bikes to pass). A civilized society cannot let the law of the jungle rule its roads; if we want to ensure fairness, government must act to protect the weak. The #1 reason that people cite for not bicycling more often is that they feel that biking is unsafe. It isn't, really -- in fact, not bicycling degrades your life expectancy more than bicycling -- but it can be made much safer through good policies, enforced fairly." Posted by PCC | June 25, 2008 8:30 PM http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.c..._hierarchy.php |
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MIGHT IS RIGHT
On Jul 18, 11:28 pm, Tom Sherman
wrote: Jeff ? wrote: KingOfTheApes wrote: ... But the fact of the matter is that bikes are too fast for sidewalks, and too slow for the traffic lanes. In other words, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR BIKES (unless you are going super slow or super fast). ... Not certain I'd agree. I am NOT the fastest cyclist, by any stretch of the imagination, particularly when commuting as I don't want to sweat. Nonetheless, as I commute to work, I frequently fall in behind the bus I would take were I to take the bus. I am always within a few car-lengths, either side, when it arrives at the stop at which I would exit the bus were I to take the bus. In short, I cycle as fast as the bus travels (granted, the bus has to stop to meet the needs of other commuters). Since I don't hear anyone suggesting that the buses are too slow for the road, I must not be too slow for the road and, by extension, all the cyclists who pass me (who are legion) must not be too slow for the road. So it is not fair to say that cyclists are too slow for the road. The bus is also massive enough to crush the largest luxury SUV. It may a reason powerful enough in a place where MIGHT IS RIGHT. Interesting there's a book by that name, that's still censored after a century, and yet very much practiced everywhere, including in our roads... "One would think that in our liberal, enlightened times a book dating from the Victorian Age would be viewed as a quaint curiosity. Not so Dr. Ragnar Redbeard's notorious Might Is Right or the Survivial of the Fittest. It is hated and denounced as much today as when it first made the rounds of the Victorian Age's elite and influential, which explains why the book is often featured on banned-book lists." http://www.dilpicklepress.com/ |
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Take meditation or take a gun
On Jul 18, 10:04*am, KingOfTheApes
wrote: "Don't tease the monkey" T-shirt... http://www.zazzle.com/don_t_tease_the_monkey_shirt-SPAM Spammer. |
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Take meditation or take a gun
GeneralissimoApe**** wrote:
On Jul 18, 10:04 am, KingOfTheApes wrote: "Don't tease the monkey" T-shirt... http://www.zazzle.com/don_t_[spank]_the_monkey_shirt-SPAM Spammer. I fixed the URL. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia "People who had no mercy will find none." - Anon. |
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Planet of the Apes
On Jul 23, 12:41 am, GeneralissimoApe****
wrote: On Jul 18, 9:11 am, KingOfTheApes wrote: I've found that the more you crosspost it, the more the **** gets stirred. But no bull ****, please. Most people avoid piles of ****. Is that why people avoid *you*? Or is it because you are an ape? I'm one myself and I'm proud of it. We are waiting for the Planet of the Apes, right? "the apes, who can talk, are in control and are divided into a strict class system: the gorillas as police, military, and hunters; the orangutans as administrators, politicians and lawyers; and the chimpanzees as intellectuals and scientists. Humans, who cannot talk, are considered feral vermin and are hunted and used for scientific experimentation." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_...pes_(1968_film) I'd like to experiment with those humans who drive SUVs to see what's in their head... |
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Take meditation or take a gun
On Jul 23, 1:05 am, Tom Sherman
wrote: GeneralissimoApe**** wrote: On Jul 18, 9:11 am, KingOfTheApes wrote: I've found that the more you crosspost it, the more the **** gets stirred. But no bull ****, please. Most people avoid piles of ****. Dung beetles think it is like going to a fancy restaurant. "Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder" or so the saying goes among the winos, those who always ride a rusted bike. Many people think **** of the cyclists (perhaps associating us with the winos), but we know is good. |
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