On 9 Dec 2006 01:34:33 -0800, "Beej" wrote:

On Dec 8, 9:04 am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
Of course, because most of the hikers & equestrians who don't like
being around mountain bikers were driven out of the park!

I can only imagine it's a minority of hikers and equestrians who have
been driven out because a) tons of hikers and equestrians use multi-use
parks and b) those driven out are not a political force to be reckoned
with.

And you have my sympathy, because being in the minority sucks. But in
this particular case, I'm not going to join you.

BS. It's the BIKES we object to.

Sorry, Mike, but I don't buy into this whole biker/bike semantic
dichotomy.

So you don't know the difference between a bike and a biker?!!! You
really ARE stupid, aren't you?

As far as I'm concerned for the purposes of any debate
involving mountain biking, a mountain biker without a mountain bike is
a hiker. So when I say "mountain biker", you can read that with the
understanding that I mean "hiker on a mountain bike".

And you're welcome to readdress my point with that terminology in mind,
if you so desire.

-Beej
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