|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Critical Mass Tunnel Freaks
Sat, 28 Jun 2003 13:57:21 -0700, ,
"Just a Cyclist" wrote: They are not road cyclist......the are rogues and disruptors........that all. They're also potential votes for bicycle friendly politicians. The smarter mayors of some major cities recognise this by participating in those cities' Critical Mass rides. They know we aren't going away and in fact, our numbers are growing as more people realise they do have the power to transform urban space from the stinking filthy killing ground that it becomes when automobiles are predominate. If what you said were true it couldn't explain how, in just over 10 years, the movement has spread across the western world without any funding from the usual suspects or any organisation beyond informal discussions among individuals who, everyday, ride their bikes to their real-world destinations on the roads paved with their tax dollars. It's largely only the self-righteous redneck yokel factions in their pathetic jerkwater jurisdictions that are still resisting. -- zk |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Critical Mass Tunnel Freaks
"Robert J. Matter"
wrote in part: Of course we don't expect it to gain legitimacy amongst the status quo car culture (and car culture's cycling bootlickers) any more than the founding fathers gained legitimacy with the Crown or the underground railroad gained legitimacy with slaveholders. This is a revolution. A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past. ---snip--- I don't think inconveniencing a few fat white little-dick suburban republicans making a fashion statement in their single occupancy behemoth SUVs does any harm to cycling. It's good character building for cagers to experience the consequences of their decision to drive and endanger the rest of society with their machines and pollution. -Bob Matter I've tried to address you civilly but first you call me a lazy ass and now imply that I'm a bootlicker so you've lost the right to civility. You are an idiot. Worse yet, you are a delusional idiot. All those positive things in Chicago that you claim C-M was/is responsible for, from bike racks and bike valet parking to the Bikes On CTA programs were accomplished, not because of some lame C-M rides but because Mayor Daley likes cycling. Anyone with more than two functioning brain cells that has any familiarity with Chicago politics can vouch for that. You may think you are manning the revolutionary barricades in a life and death struggle. Luckily for you, there is no life and death struggle. If there were, you'd be a greasy spot on the road courtesy of some evil SUV driver. That would be a tragedy for you but it wouldn't make a damn bit of difference to cycling in the Chicago area because someone just like you would jump up to replace you. That's one sure thing about fools. There's a virtually unlimited supply of them. Bob Hunt |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Critical Mass Tunnel Freaks
Eric Sande wrote:
As a responsible cyclist I can't expect anything more than equal treatment under law, and as a human being I won't tolerate anything less. All considered, cyclists get better treatment under the law than motorists do. And then there are the extra-legal unwritten rules that benefit cyclists: rolling through four-way stops and traffic lights in the presence of other vehicles, or weaving through traffic jams, etc. Be careful what you wish for. You could ruin it for everybody. Equal treatment under the law would suck. Robert |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Critical Mass Tunnel Freaks
|
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Critical Mass Tunnel Freaks
Wed, 09 Jul 2003 01:53:57 -0700, ,
Bernie wrote: Fabrizio Mazzoleni wrote: "Bernie" wrote in message ... All they expressed to me were youthful good feeling and high spirits. You haven't met bitter old Zoot then, he is however high on spirits and other drugs most of the time. I don't know if he's high on anything else, but I suspect "bitter old Zoot" is sweetened by those same youthful spirits! Chivas is only 12 years old. -- zk |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Critical Mass Tunnel Freaks
Fri, 11 Jul 2003 01:17:54 -0400, ,
"Eric S. Sande" wrote: Only that it lowered expectations of how cyclists should behave in traffic. What was **** head's problem today when I stopped at the sign because he was approaching the intersection and didn't have a stop sign. He balked, he stopped, he stared and then got snotty when I told him to move. Do you really believe it's because of CM? -- zk |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Critical Mass Tunnel Freaks
What was **** head's problem today when I stopped at the sign because
he was approaching the intersection and didn't have a stop sign. How do I know, do you think I'm a psychologist? He balked, he stopped, he stared and then got snotty when I told him to move. Well, he probably had road conflict. He thought he was doing you a favor to allow you to pass but wasn't properly socialized to believe you had the same inherent rights he did. He didn't see you as an equal, in other words. Do you really believe it's because of CM? I believe it's because of poor socialization and bad societal training exacerbated by a car centric society. -- -- _______________________ALL AMIGA IN MY MIND_______________________ ------------------"Buddy Holly, the Texas Elvis"------------------ in.edu__________ |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Critical Mass Tunnel Freaks
|
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Critical Mass Tunnel Freaks
Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:12:40 -0400, ,
"Eric S. Sande" wrote: He didn't see you as an equal, in other words. Do you really believe it's because of CM? I believe it's because of poor socialization and bad societal training exacerbated by a car centric society. Driver mentality is poison to socialisation while the nature of cars and their required infrastructure physically discourages it. -- zk |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|