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Thornhill
Guest
From Asheville Citizen-Times, Monday, April 7, 2003, page B1:
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(quoting the entire article, since it's not on their website)
Tired of hearing bicyclists push for more road space, money and rights, Roy Thomas of Leceister
(sic) said he's willing to wage a one-man campaign against the nuisance. Sporting a bumper sticker
on his truck that tells people to "pave bicyclists" Thomas said cyclists obstruct traffic and
create hazards. "I try not to be hateful about it," Thomas said. "I try to talk to people when I
read something about bicyclist rights and try to explain my views in a polite and courteous way."
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Here's a link to the "Letters to the Editor" section of the newspaper's website:
http://www.citizen-times.com/contact/ltr_editor.shtml. Note that this was not in the "opinion" or
"letters to the editor" section, but was labeled as a news article, despite the lack of "reporting"
-- no effort to inform the readers of the laws of NC as related to bicycling (available at
http://www.ncdot.org/transit/bicycle/laws/law_intro.html, in case you're interested), or to
challenge Mr. Thomas on his bumper sticker's essential call to violence against cyclists.
Mike Thornhill Alexander, NC
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(quoting the entire article, since it's not on their website)
Tired of hearing bicyclists push for more road space, money and rights, Roy Thomas of Leceister
(sic) said he's willing to wage a one-man campaign against the nuisance. Sporting a bumper sticker
on his truck that tells people to "pave bicyclists" Thomas said cyclists obstruct traffic and
create hazards. "I try not to be hateful about it," Thomas said. "I try to talk to people when I
read something about bicyclist rights and try to explain my views in a polite and courteous way."
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Here's a link to the "Letters to the Editor" section of the newspaper's website:
http://www.citizen-times.com/contact/ltr_editor.shtml. Note that this was not in the "opinion" or
"letters to the editor" section, but was labeled as a news article, despite the lack of "reporting"
-- no effort to inform the readers of the laws of NC as related to bicycling (available at
http://www.ncdot.org/transit/bicycle/laws/law_intro.html, in case you're interested), or to
challenge Mr. Thomas on his bumper sticker's essential call to violence against cyclists.
Mike Thornhill Alexander, NC
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