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Are we justififed to hate drivers?
(Psychiatrists advise you to let your frustration and hate out... so
you become a man at peace. So here I go, I answer below) Originally Posted by Roughstuff Ahhh, the rage of self pitying cyclists reaches fever pitch! I find many more car-hating posts on cycling websites than I find bicycle hating posts on car afficiando pages. Even cycling's penultimate event---the tour de france (or tour de joke, as I call it) has cars carrying spares and equipment whizzing along and in between the teams. How many bikes do ya see on a NASCAR oval? Why is it OK to hurt and kill poor innocent car drivers? Is it SELFISHNESS that isolates us from our subjects, and makes us think we are entitled to the full lane no matter how slowly we ride or what tangled route we weave? Is is SADISM that gives us a kick, insisting on our 'right' to filter between lanes but whining when we get clipped? *** Yes, the slaves hate their masters more than the other way around. What a surprise! You own the road; you got the LION'S SHARE of it; and ultimately you have the power over life and death, sometimes while casually chatting on the phone, as if you were given some powers by God. But let's not be confused, you are acting your role of sheep for the hungry wolves. Those who have you polluting the planet and have you in the cage while squeezing the life out of you. And then you act your frustration while fighting over confusing laws over who owns the road. We know you do! And ultimately we need our FAIR SHARE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a land where the average driver doesn't seem to be above the ape, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution |
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Are we justififed to hate drivers?
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:09:13 -0700 (PDT), ComandanteBanana
wrote: (Psychiatrists advise you to let your frustration and hate out... so you become a man at peace. So here I go, I answer below) Now don't be silly. *No-one* on uk.rec.cycling, except for Doug and David Damerell, hates drivers. Not in the least. So Guy Chapman supports every single anti-motorist measure, and every single car-related tax increase, and thinks drivers should be prosecuted for making way for emergency vehicles: so what? He doesn't hate motorists. He may *seem* to, in every way, but he says he doesn't, so he must be telling the truth (it's not like it's part of his agenda to lie about it). The same with Spindrift: he may always blame the motorist whenever there's a collision, and he may in every way *seem* to hate motorists, but he doesn't; after all, he says he doesn't, and he's such an obviously honest and balanced person that you simply must believe him. No-one on URC hates motorists except Doug 'n' Dave. Keep saying it to yourself. Dare to say otherwise and you'll be branded a "troll" for life and censored in the new censored group. If the car-haters want to lie about hating cars because they believe that they'll get their anti-motorist measures more easily if they pretend they're for "safety" or "the environment" instead, then you'll just have to go along with their deception. Or else. You don't want to get on the wrong side of them...they're distinctly unhinged after all. |
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Are we justififed to hate drivers?
David Green wrote:
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:09:13 -0700 (PDT), ComandanteBanana wrote: Could you people please stop replying to this moronic troll? TYVM. |
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Are we justified to hate ComandanteBanana?
Yes indeed we are, for his cross-posted drivel.
-- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 Celebrity culture is an opposite of community, informing us that these few nonsense-heads matter but that the rest of us do not. - Jay Griffiths |
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Are we justified to hate ComandanteBanana?
"Tom Sherman °_°" wrote in message ... Yes indeed we are, for his cross-posted drivel. What is interesting to me is how some of these newsgroups were almost dead until CB began posting. Yes, of course it is drivel, but there is usually something there that we can take off on. As long as that is the case, we should not object too much. Also, CB seems to be good natured, unlike some others I could name. One other thing, you would not want to have too many posters like me. Hells Bells, I do not even like what I write most of the time. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Are we justififed to hate drivers?
On Aug 24, 10:27*pm, David Green wrote:
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:09:13 -0700 (PDT), ComandanteBanana wrote: (Psychiatrists advise you to let your frustration and hate out... so you become a man at peace. So here I go, I answer below) Now don't be silly. **No-one* on uk.rec.cycling, except for Doug and David Damerell, hates drivers. *Not in the least. So Guy Chapman supports every single anti-motorist measure, and every single car-related tax increase, and thinks drivers should be prosecuted for making way for emergency vehicles: so what? *He doesn't hate motorists. *He may *seem* to, in every way, but he says he doesn't, so he must be telling the truth (it's not like it's part of his agenda to lie about it). The same with Spindrift: he may always blame the motorist whenever there's a collision, and he may in every way *seem* to hate motorists, but he doesn't; after all, he says he doesn't, and he's such an obviously honest and balanced person that you simply must believe him. No-one on URC hates motorists except Doug 'n' Dave. *Keep saying it to yourself. *Dare to say otherwise and you'll be branded a "troll" for life and censored in the new censored group. *If the car-haters want to lie about hating cars because they believe that they'll get their anti-motorist measures more easily if they pretend they're for "safety" or "the environment" instead, then you'll just have to go along with their deception. *Or else. *You don't want to get on the wrong side of them...they're distinctly unhinged after all. Picture this old man I met at the bike shop. He rides his antique bike on the sidewalk, and this driver cuts him off, scrapes him and... goes to check his paint. Picture all those drivers who casually chat on the phone. Picture all who pass on the "slow" lane. Picture all who blow the horn at you, those who shout at you... Picture those who assume you are safe within a couple of feet of pavement. Picture all those who "hit and run" cyclits. The rest are OK, but we don't know who's who. |
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On Aug 24, 11:39*pm, "Bill Sornson" wrote:
David Green wrote: On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:09:13 -0700 (PDT), ComandanteBanana wrote: Could you people please stop replying to this moronic troll? TYVM. Maybe you don't like what I say, huh? |
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Are we justified to hate ComandanteBanana?
On Aug 24, 11:49*pm, Tom Sherman °_°
wrote: Yes indeed we are, for his cross-posted drivel. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 Celebrity culture is an opposite of community, informing us that these few nonsense-heads matter but that the rest of us do not. - Jay Griffiths Maybe you don't like what I say, huh? |
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Are we justified to love the cars that hate us?
(I answer below this wise assessment of why cars hate us)
Originally Posted by trackhub The question of "why do people really hate cyclists?" is one that really confounds. Heck, it could probably me the subject of a few undergrad sociology papers. But basically it's: -Cyclists are in the way, "blocking traffic!" (Numero Uno.) -Cyclists are not part of the mainstream. They ride bicycles instead of drive cars. They don't spend their weekends at shopping malls, or parked in front of the tv, watching a "real sport". "Real" because it involves a ball, and lots of screaming and yelling. -Cyclists don't eat at fast food restaurants. This is not to say cyclists are all veggies. I'm not. It's just that most cyclists don't eat the arty-clogging sludge sold by the clown and company, and they choose to not be part of "consumer culture". This is not just breaking the status quo: It's downright un-american. People regard any such group, cyclists or otherwise, with suspicion. (Search your feelings, you know it to be true!) -In the backs of their minds, people who live at malls, and behind the wheel, know that people who exercise by riding a bike will probably out-live them. This drives them crazy, knowing that when they're below ground, many cyclists will still be riding around. -The bike is a versatile device. It has been around for more than 100 years. So, here we are, in the "age of the automomobile" . I still believe that in another 100 years, the car will be gone, but the bike will still be here. They know this too, and it drives them crazy. -Motorists, especially American motorists, are convinced that "the roads were put here for cars!" Trying to tell them facts, such as the fact that bicycles were on the roads before cars, or that roads were paved after lobbying by the League of American wheelmen, is wasteful of time and energy. But secretly, they know you are right, and they hate it. Well, that's my two Turkish Lira's worth. *** And they hate us because we get away with beautiful vehicles for a fraction of what they pay for theirs... I think this is at the core of their hate: "I BOUGHT THIS CAR, I BUY GASOLINE, INSURANCE, TOLLS, ETC, THEREBY THIS ROAD IS MINE AND THESE MONKEYS WON'T SLOW ME DOWN!" Of course, we hate their arrogance, but do you expect? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a land where the average driver doesn't seem to be above the ape, it may seem counterintuitive or even stupid to ride a bike... But a man gotta do, what a man gotta do. |
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Are we justified to love the cars that hate us?
Originally Posted by noisebeam
"I get more, far more, hostility from other drivers when I motor (at the speed limit in a courteous, reasonable and safe way) then when I cycle well under the speed limit in the same manner. I conclude that 'people' really hate motorists." *** It depends WHAT you drive. Now I ocassionally drive a Lexus with tinted windows like most American drivers do (in a casual way, slow) and I never have a problem. When I drove a European stick shift car in a fast but connected way, I ran into a lot of conflict. Moral of the story? Don't drive anything smaller than the others, and don't be smarter than they are. |
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