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Insectus Pentius <pentius@ripco.com> wrote in article
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> Michael Smith (ms@gf.org) wrote:
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> : Of course the folks don't get it; of course they don't have a clue
> : what we want, or why we're so pissed off; of course their initial
> : reactions are going to run the gamut from puzzlement to rabies.
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> We know your goal: the abolishment of the automobile. You, like all
> communists, want to force your ideology down everyones' throats. 

I want to say your hatred towards communists proves just how prejudiced you
are.  In theory communism is a wonderful form of government, but then so is
democracy.  It's just in the real world where it falls apart.  We don't
even have true democracy in this country, if we did things would be in a
much worse state than they are now.  I agree in practice communism is a
worse form of government than a republic, but I don't think anyone who
believes in communism should be put in jail, or burned at the stake, or
whatever you feel they deserve.

The next thing is we don't want to abolish cars, we just want the people
driving to look at us with the same respect they do other road users.  In
fact you seem to be trying to force us to use cars, forcing your views down
OUR throats.  All we want is for you to respect our beliefs.

> : That's only to be expected. It's a long and toilsome process to
> : widen the opening thus created, to follow up the initial attention-
> : getting shock with discourse that will enlighten and persuade.
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> All your lame terrorism did was piss everyone off. Do you really think
> you're goint to win over motorists or public transport users by snarling
> up traffic? What will it take to give YOU the clue? Your mother dying
> becuse the ambulance was stuck in traffic by you Communist Morons?

Again with the communists...did they kill your dog as a child or something,
or were you just a part of the evil McCarthy era?

> I don't like going to work sweaty, and the bicycle messengers should be
> outlawed. Didn't your mother tell you not to play in traffic? Don't bitch
> if you get hurt, commie.

Then don't go to work sweaty, if we can find away around that what does it
matter?  Maybe if you weren't such a lard ass you wouldn't be so sweaty. 
Why should bicycle messangers be banned, you want thousands of vans
clogging the streets instead?  I agree some are assholes, maybe there
should be some sort of license for them but don't ban them all.

Finally, you play in traffic just as much, but you use a big heavy car so
you can shove those of us who choose different means around.  Please stop
calling us all communists, your actions are the ones that most resemble
your stereotype, and if I come over to your house and shot you don't whine
if you get hurt.

Just for the record I don't believe in communism, but I seriously dislike
when people blindly spout off retoric because they're view is "morally
superior".
-- 
Matt Williams

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds, and the pessimist fears that this is true.

James Branch Cambell
 
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