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   Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Phi to Most Humble Philosopher   
   Re: Myth: The motor car is the ultimate    
   03 Jan 15 09:19:34   
   
   From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, January 3, 2015 9:23:54 AM UTC-5, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble   
   Philosopher wrote:   
       
   > You drivers are placing the noose around your own neck. Your radicalism   
   doesn't even tolerate the bicycle. The bicycle infrastructure is non existent   
   or dysfunctional. Public transportation is highly dysfunctional too. You   
   oppose trains in the city.    
   You oppose fast trains as well. What's next?   
   >    
   > "Carmageddon!"   
      
   I don't think we should turn this into a class struggle issue because we often   
   are both cyclists and drivers.   
      
   Naturally the bicycle is the most democratic vehicle of the two and the one   
   that keeps you in touch with your community. I don't think you should even   
   vote if you don't ride a bike. You don't know what's going on. You don't know   
   about crime. You don't    
   know about broken sidewalks. You don't know about corruption.   
      
   Everything is dysfunctional. You think we want free facilities. No, we don't   
   want any of that. Bike lanes don't work, not connected, used for deliveries.   
   They become another excuse for corruption.   
      
   We want a traffic lane. That means "taking the lane" in the bike culture. You   
   want us to pay for it? OK, how about 30 bucks a year for the "license." Oh   
   don't worry, we are not going to let loose any monkey on the road. Anyways the   
   true idiots are    
   driving already. And we don't want them next to us. We want next to us   
   scooters and slow vehicles. Oh yes, those Neighborhood Electric Vehicles are   
   cute and friendly.   
      
   Time to go driving now.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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