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Pat wrote:
> On Jun 5, 12:10 pm, "Amy Blankenship"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "George Conklin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> news:[email protected]...
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>>> "Amy Blankenship" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> "Bolwerk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>> In article <[email protected]>, Bolwerk
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> From what I understand, cycling is better on your joints than most
>>>>>>> other forms of exercise.
>>>>>> Unless done on a sufficiently soft surface, jogging is horrible on
>>>>>> feet
>>>>>> and leg joints. Yet, there are people I see jogging on the sidewalks
>>>>>> every day.
>>>>>> Should we ban jogging on the sidewalks? Or should we convert all our
>>>>>> sidewalks to barkdust, which is a much less damaging surface to walk
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> jog on?
>>>>> The debate raging right now is whether "abusive" things, including
>>>>> "self-abuse," should all be banned.
>>>>> George says yes. He wants to ban carpentry, automobile mechanics,
>>>>> ditch
>>>>> digging, sewer cleaning, NASCAR, and anything else that might have a
>>> mild
>>>>> occupational hazard.
>>>> Ballet, pro football, mining, sewing...
>>> Pedicabs are abusive of labor and there is no point in bring third-world
>>> horrors to the USA just because you planners have no ideas about what to
>>> do.
>> So in other words, you have no valid objection to it. You just don't like
>> it.
>
> I think that pedicabs are like a lot of things. Yeah, they probably
> are abusive or whatever, but if you are poor and starving and living
> in a slum somewhere, is it better to have a pedicab and maybe make
> some money or is it better to starve.
George really must have a funny definition of "abuse." Let's say a
pedicab driver doesn't make too much. The typical pedicab driver is
probably a temporary job someone takes on in the summer (probably a
student) to make some cash. If they're making minimum wage plus tips,
they maybe aren't doing so badly.
Rather than being abusive, it's probably great exercise.
> As for coming to America, who cares. We have lots of jobs, a minimum
> wage, a permitting system, and things like OSHA. If a person doesn't
> WANT to do it, then they don't HAVE to do it. It's a person's choice
> or employment. If they want to do it, great. Why not? It beats the
> heck out of a lot of other jobs out there.
>
> I guess I see things in shades of gray, not in absolutes.
>
> On Jun 5, 12:10 pm, "Amy Blankenship"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "George Conklin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> "Amy Blankenship" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> "Bolwerk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>> In article <[email protected]>, Bolwerk
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> From what I understand, cycling is better on your joints than most
>>>>>>> other forms of exercise.
>>>>>> Unless done on a sufficiently soft surface, jogging is horrible on
>>>>>> feet
>>>>>> and leg joints. Yet, there are people I see jogging on the sidewalks
>>>>>> every day.
>>>>>> Should we ban jogging on the sidewalks? Or should we convert all our
>>>>>> sidewalks to barkdust, which is a much less damaging surface to walk
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> jog on?
>>>>> The debate raging right now is whether "abusive" things, including
>>>>> "self-abuse," should all be banned.
>>>>> George says yes. He wants to ban carpentry, automobile mechanics,
>>>>> ditch
>>>>> digging, sewer cleaning, NASCAR, and anything else that might have a
>>> mild
>>>>> occupational hazard.
>>>> Ballet, pro football, mining, sewing...
>>> Pedicabs are abusive of labor and there is no point in bring third-world
>>> horrors to the USA just because you planners have no ideas about what to
>>> do.
>> So in other words, you have no valid objection to it. You just don't like
>> it.
>
> I think that pedicabs are like a lot of things. Yeah, they probably
> are abusive or whatever, but if you are poor and starving and living
> in a slum somewhere, is it better to have a pedicab and maybe make
> some money or is it better to starve.
George really must have a funny definition of "abuse." Let's say a
pedicab driver doesn't make too much. The typical pedicab driver is
probably a temporary job someone takes on in the summer (probably a
student) to make some cash. If they're making minimum wage plus tips,
they maybe aren't doing so badly.
Rather than being abusive, it's probably great exercise.
> As for coming to America, who cares. We have lots of jobs, a minimum
> wage, a permitting system, and things like OSHA. If a person doesn't
> WANT to do it, then they don't HAVE to do it. It's a person's choice
> or employment. If they want to do it, great. Why not? It beats the
> heck out of a lot of other jobs out there.
>
> I guess I see things in shades of gray, not in absolutes.
>