"Geoff Bowles" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
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> For a group that purports to be about cycling, an awful lot of
contributers
> seem to be obsessed with cars and motorists... If you can't say something nice, it's best not to
> say anything!!!
>
>
That sounds like a troll that hardly merits a reply, but I will. Perhaps in family or business
relationships, there may be some truth in that statement in certain circumstances, but as an
absolute philosophical statement it's nonsense. That would, for example, leave no scope for
challenging political oppression and exploitation, environmental damage, economic deprivation and
everything else that's wrong in the world.
As cyclists, we are a minority of road users, and like any minority are at risk of suffering, and I
would say do suffer, direct and indirect discrimination from the majority - of road users and
planners - whether conscious or unconscious, deliberate or unintentional. Among other road users,
those that put us most at risk are usually "cars and motorists". It should be unsurprising then,
that they attract comment here.
Rich