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The idée fixe of the anti-helmet zealots, the vehicular cyclists, etc
It is time to reduce Krygowski's belief and policy to its core so that we can examine its fundamental inhumanity.
Krygowski's big idea, embodied in his slogan "Danger! Danger!" is that we should do nothing about avoidable cyclist deaths because to do anything at all to save cyclists from an unnecessary death sends a message to potential cyclists that cycling is dangerous and puts them off, thereby reducing the net benefit of cycling to society. Krygowski's is an entirely fascist construction, in which the cyclist should sacrifice everything, up to and including his life, for one man's vision of the future. It is irrelevant that this murderous vision comes from the unappetizing control freak Krygowski. What is immoral and despicable about it is that Krygowski, for his personal aggrandizement, wants by inaction and silence to kill cyclists who, but for a little care, would have lived to ride another day. The humane alternative values each individual cyclist's life equally (compare Krygowski's excuses for his callousness, for instance labeling dead cyclists as "drunks" so that he can exclude them from his grotesque statistical version of reality) and to strive mightily to reduce cycling deaths and injuries on the road to nil. Of course it is an impossible aim, but only by striving towards it will the maximum possible number of cyclist lives be saved. Andre Jute Relentless rigor -- Gaius Germanicus |
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The idée fixe of the anti-helmet zealots, the vehicular cyclists, etc
On 12/16/2013 2:20 AM, Andre Jute wrote:
It is time to reduce Krygowski's belief and policy to its core so that we can examine its fundamental inhumanity. Krygowski's big idea, embodied in his slogan "Danger! Danger!" is that we should do nothing about avoidable cyclist deaths because to do anything at all to save cyclists from an unnecessary death sends a message to potential cyclists that cycling is dangerous and puts them off, thereby reducing the net benefit of cycling to society. Krygowski's is an entirely fascist construction, in which the cyclist should sacrifice everything, up to and including his life, for one man's vision of the future. It is irrelevant that this murderous vision comes from the unappetizing control freak Krygowski. What is immoral and despicable about it is that Krygowski, for his personal aggrandizement, wants by inaction and silence to kill cyclists who, but for a little care, would have lived to ride another day. The humane alternative values each individual cyclist's life equally (compare Krygowski's excuses for his callousness, for instance labeling dead cyclists as "drunks" so that he can exclude them from his grotesque statistical version of reality) and to strive mightily to reduce cycling deaths and injuries on the road to nil. Of course it is an impossible aim, but only by striving towards it will the maximum possible number of cyclist lives be saved. Jesus, you're obsessed. G-d created Thunderbird filters. Use them like the rest of us do. If ignorant and obnoxious people bother you then Usenet is the wrong place to hang out because trying to use facts and logic to convince them of anything is pointless. Not everything in nature has a purpose. |
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On Monday, December 16, 2013 2:18:55 PM UTC, SMS wrote:
On 12/16/2013 2:20 AM, Andre Jute wrote: It is time to reduce Krygowski's belief and policy to its core so that we can examine its fundamental inhumanity. Krygowski's big idea, embodied in his slogan "Danger! Danger!" is that we should do nothing about avoidable cyclist deaths because to do anything at all to save cyclists from an unnecessary death sends a message to potential cyclists that cycling is dangerous and puts them off, thereby reducing the net benefit of cycling to society. Krygowski's is an entirely fascist construction, in which the cyclist should sacrifice everything, up to and including his life, for one man's vision of the future. It is irrelevant that this murderous vision comes from the unappetizing control freak Krygowski. What is immoral and despicable about it is that Krygowski, for his personal aggrandizement, wants by inaction and silence to kill cyclists who, but for a little care, would have lived to ride another day. The humane alternative values each individual cyclist's life equally (compare Krygowski's excuses for his callousness, for instance labeling dead cyclists as "drunks" so that he can exclude them from his grotesque statistical version of reality) and to strive mightily to reduce cycling deaths and injuries on the road to nil. Of course it is an impossible aim, but only by striving towards it will the maximum possible number of cyclist lives be saved. Jesus, you're obsessed. G-d created Thunderbird filters. Use them like the rest of us do. If ignorant and obnoxious people bother you then Usenet is the wrong place to hang out because trying to use facts and logic to convince them of anything is pointless. Not everything in nature has a purpose. Kygowski is a piece of **** that should be flushed down the loo. If you don't want to help, don't get in my way. Andre Jute |
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On 12/16/2013 7:30 AM, Andre Jute wrote:
If you don't want to help, don't get in my way. snip In reality, you're the one that's not helping. Have you heard of the Westboro Baptist Church in the U.S.? They thrive on the reaction of the public to their antics. When no one shows up to challenge them they pack up and leave because there's no publicity. When they showed up at my kids' school the entire student body ignored them, entering the school through a side entrance so no one even saw their signs. There was no response. There was no media coverage. WBC left in utter defeat after ten minutes. Your crusade against one particular poster achieves nothing. No one believes anything he posts anyway, you're just giving him a reason to continue being obnoxious. A great many of us have filtered him out. We feel sorry for him, but there's nothing that can be done. Usenet is like that. You feel compelled to continue in this crusade even though the battle has already been won. And by being vulgar you are the one that ends up looking bad. |
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Since when do you tell me what I can and cannot say, Scharfie? Just who do you think you are?
On Monday, December 16, 2013 6:58:13 PM UTC, SMS wrote: On 12/16/2013 7:30 AM, Andre Jute wrote: If you don't want to help, don't get in my way. snip In reality, you're the one that's not helping. Have you heard of the Westboro Baptist Church in the U.S.? They thrive on the reaction of the public to their antics. When no one shows up to challenge them they pack up and leave because there's no publicity. When they showed up at my kids' school the entire student body ignored them, entering the school through a side entrance so no one even saw their signs. There was no response. There was no media coverage. WBC left in utter defeat after ten minutes. Your crusade against one particular poster achieves nothing. No one believes anything he posts anyway, you're just giving him a reason to continue being obnoxious. A great many of us have filtered him out. We feel sorry for him, but there's nothing that can be done. Usenet is like that. You feel compelled to continue in this crusade even though the battle has already been won. And by being vulgar you are the one that ends up looking bad. |
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On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:04:32 -0800, Andre Jute wrote:
Since when do you tell me what I can and cannot say, Scharfie? Just who do you think you are? fetches popcorn, gets comfy -- davethedave |
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On 17/12/13 08:12, davethedave wrote:
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:04:32 -0800, Andre Jute wrote: Since when do you tell me what I can and cannot say, Scharfie? Just who do you think you are? fetches popcorn, gets comfy right clicks newsgroup and clicks "Mark Newsgroup Read" and wishes the cross posting ******s would bugger off -- JS |
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On Monday, December 16, 2013 9:12:54 PM UTC, davethedave wrote:
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:04:32 -0800, Andre Jute wrote: Since when do you tell me what I can and cannot say, Scharfie? Just who do you think you are? fetches popcorn, gets comfy -- davethedave Scharfie's a sideshow, Dave. |
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The idée fixe of the anti-helmet zealots, thevehicular cyclists, etc
James writes:
On 17/12/13 08:12, davethedave wrote: On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:04:32 -0800, Andre Jute wrote: Since when do you tell me what I can and cannot say, Scharfie? Just who do you think you are? fetches popcorn, gets comfy right clicks newsgroup and clicks "Mark Newsgroup Read" and wishes the cross posting ******s would bugger off You've got the right. Fortunately I configured my news reader (gnus) to reject all posts with alt.* in the distribution. I thought the cross-posting would eventually die out, but it hasn't. -- Joe Riel |
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Joe Riel writes:
James writes: On 17/12/13 08:12, davethedave wrote: On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:04:32 -0800, Andre Jute wrote: Since when do you tell me what I can and cannot say, Scharfie? Just who do you think you are? fetches popcorn, gets comfy right clicks newsgroup and clicks "Mark Newsgroup Read" and wishes the cross posting ******s would bugger off You've got the right. Fortunately I configured my news reader (gnus) to reject all posts with alt.* in the distribution. I thought the cross-posting would eventually die out, but it hasn't. I meant to type: "you've got *that* right. As in, "I agree". -- Joe Riel |
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