[*BCM*] this guy...

[Mars]

It's neither a suggestion nor a threat, it's prophetic.

Greg Howard wrote:
> "becomes a fine — and widely practiced — art" is not advocating
> anything?  if he's talking about accidental doorings, it's not an
> "art".  no, this is a clearly violent suggestion.  and if he's
> threatening me with "artful" violence, why would I listen to anything
> else he says?
>
>
> greg
>
>
> On 6/8/07, Mars <martian at mit.edu> wrote:
>   
>>  The guy wrote:
>>
>>  Unless and until cyclists start obeying current laws (for instance, by
>> using reflectors and lights at night, and by discontinuing to ride without
>> the use of hands) they shouldn't be surprised if "dooring" becomes a fine —
>> and widely practiced — art. It's not enough to wear helmets; cyclists need
>> to use what's inside those helmets, too.
>>
>>  I wouldn't consider that to be advocating anything. He's saying that
>> cyclists are going to have to realize that perhaps the reason we don't get
>> the respect we deserve on the road is because WE don't respect the road. He
>> didn't say, "Who caress if bikers die, they're annoying". I feel like people
>> are over-reacting to this guys comments because it's not what people want to
>> hear.
>>
>>  A couple of years ago when Lady K died out in Allston, didn't she ride down
>> a pedestrian ramp right out into the road without stopping to see if there
>> was any traffic? It's a terrible thing to happen, but regardless of how
>> tired we are of our roads being congested with smog machines, I feel that we
>> would be making a mockery of ourselves by trying to 'blame' cars for our
>> greatest losses when they very well may not have been at fault.
>>
>>  Certainly, if the person driving the vehicle in either of these situations
>> had had never purchased a car, perhaps the victims would still be alive, but
>> we need to face reality, not an ideal reality in which everyone listens to
>> us and decides to stop using cars as their primary means of getting around.
>>
>>
>>  Jym Dyer wrote:
>>  =v= I think what's called for here is focus. Someone responded
>> to a tragic death by advocating the injuring and killing of
>> bicyclists, and the _Phoenix_ had a major lapse of judgement
>> to print that. Writer and editor should both be taken to task.
>>
>> =v= Yet another interminable discussion dithering over who
>> breaks the most traffic rules is much less valuable.
>>  <_Jym_>
>>
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