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bugbear wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists...782378,00.html (last paragraph of column) Bit of a rant, isn't it? |
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Simon Bennett wrote:
bugbear wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists...782378,00.html (last paragraph of column) Bit of a rant, isn't it? Couldn't have been one of us though ... "But there is nothing like having a podgy, middle-class sociopath leave cycle-shaped bruises on your arms and legs to change your mind." All the best Dan Gregory |
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Dan Gregory wrote:
"But there is nothing like having a podgy, middle-class sociopath leave cycle-shaped bruises on your arms and legs to change your mind." Alas, Summer is the season of the part-time cyclist. |
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Simon Bennett wrote:
bugbear wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists...782378,00.html (last paragraph of column) Bit of a rant, isn't it? And fully justified by the sound of it. pk |
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Simon Bennett came up with the following;:
bugbear wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists...782378,00.html (last paragraph of column) Bit of a rant, isn't it? But it does appear she has some justification in what she's saying. -- Paul ... (8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!! |
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"p.k." wrote in message
... Simon Bennett wrote: bugbear wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists...782378,00.html (last paragraph of column) Bit of a rant, isn't it? And fully justified by the sound of it. No. Not at all. Rant about pavement cyclists and others breaking the existing laws, yes, but to demand the imposition of cycle registration etc is as previously discussed not justified at all. clive |
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This woman drives to work every day (Kentish Town to Farringdon),
according to a Guardian source. I wonder if she would be forthcoming if we asked where this happened... |
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p.k. wrote: Simon Bennett wrote: bugbear wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists...782378,00.html (last paragraph of column) Bit of a rant, isn't it? And fully justified by the sound of it. There is a rant that would have been fully justified by the events as reported but it is not the one written. She extrapolates from the indefensible[1] behaviour of one cyclist that "too many" cyclists have an attitude problem and that this will result in similar behavior by them and concludes that this justifies licensing and registration. I am not convinced that rudeness in London is the preserve of cyclists nor even that they are over represented. The perception that anti-social cycling is a problem requiring some sort of specific solution probably comes from a combination of lazy columnists and from direct experience arising at least partly from cycling's rising modal share in London. Whether cyclists in London are now more likely to cycle anti-socially or even whether the increase in absolute numbers means that anti-social cycling justifies any sort of targetted response, I do not have enough information to judge. best wishes james [1] I am making an assumption that she has objectively abd fairly summarised the circumstances |
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p.k. wrote:
And fully justified by the sound of it. The rant is justified, the conclusion isn't. d. |
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