TimC said:[snip]
I'll ride in such situations, but walking pace with one foot clipped
out.
--
TimC
"And Rob convinced me to learn perl. But now that I'm
sober, I'm having second thoughts." -- Alan J Rosenthal
[email protected] said:[snip]
SO now I've got all the prejudiced, insurance-premium-up-stumping ,
tax-paying, cringers in the corner of the transport system that the
motoring lobby allows us out in the open, what have you gained by
thinking differently for the microsecond you allowed yourselves before
heaping invective on the devil's advocate I was playing?
Nothin'.
You're locked into the status quo.
[snip]
MH
[email protected] said:Resound wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > I run reds regularly. I call it civil disobedience. Call me a ********.
> > If I get cleaned up, it's my fault, pure and simple. If I want less
> > risk, I'll be more cautious, and only run a few simple ones.
> >
>
********.
<snip>
You won't think differently about traffic - how it's organised, who the
present organisation benefits, why cyclists are victimised, why we as
cyclists get a gravel and glass strewn half a metre all to ourselves
whilst trucks, cars and those incredibly annoying scooters can
imperiously put our lives at significantly more danger than theirs by
simply looking away for half a second.
SO take back the dead bits of the traffic cycle. Show EVERYONE how much
dead time and unweildiness there is in this regimentation for the
benefit of multinational companies who make big things that kill
people. I'm not talking about Kona or Shogun here. Or just submit to
all the little bits of non-cycling friendly traffic regulation that add
up, in their entirety, to unjust laws. The ones that stop people riding
bikes by making our *commonly owned* outdoors a safe place for cars
(made by *privately owned* Ford,GMH, etc., yes, incredibly
human-focused organisations) first, and people next, if at all. Are we
being screwed? Yes.
And keep self-righteously calling everyone who disagrees with you a
********.
<snip>
I like the title of the thread. Just shout it.Zebee Johnstone said:In aus.bicycle on Thu, 3 Aug 2006 23:25:34 +1000
cfsmtb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> persia Wrote:
>>
>> I wonder if peer pressure might work? This morning, watching the usual
>> drift through the red at Elgin St, I thought of using some sort of
>> sound, a honk of derision and disapproval, like a duck lure or
>> similar.
>> If everyone started doing it, the message might get across. Sort of
>> like Italians whistling at the Opera. Less confrontational than a
>> telling-off, but maybe more embarrassing and effective?
>>
>
> I like this tact. Pity a 'slow clap' (in full finger gloves) wouldn't
> quite work whilst perched at the lights. How about blowing the biggest,
> rudest, wettest sounding raspberry at the offender?
Carry a whistle? The more who do it, the more what it means gets
known.
Zebee
One aspect of playing devil's advocate is that by its very nature it is designed to attract the heaping of invective and the flinging of unpleasant squishy things.Theo Bekkers said:[email protected] wrote:
> SO now I've got all the prejudiced, insurance-premium-up-stumping ,
> tax-paying, cringers in the corner of the transport system that the
> motoring lobby allows us out in the open, what have you gained by
> thinking differently for the microsecond you allowed yourselves before
> heaping invective on the devil's advocate I was playing?
Ahh! The "I was only playing devil's advocate" gambit.
Theo
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