[*BCM*] this guy...

[Greg Howard]

"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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