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<font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">It's neither a suggestion nor a
threat, it's prophetic. </font></font><br>
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<pre wrap="">"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 <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:martian@mit.edu"><martian@mit.edu></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> 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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