- 15 Jun 2010 06:16
#13415653
From the comments section of a lukewarm yahoo article about municipal bike-sharing in a few American cities:
This is not really a measured response to an article about bike sharing. I realize the comment-writer was probably responding to other comments more than to the article itself. But it is still a bit bizarre to respond to bike-sharing with inane prompts like "what about if you're carrying a piano?"
It's sort of cartoon script material. So I'm thinking it's the result of successful media brainwashing. The driver who identifies with his product (a car) lives in fear of that identity being devalued by reality.
Is this what car addicts are afraid of?
What are those who live in snow country in the winter?
What about pregnant women?
What about elderly women and men and carrying groceries home?
Just because countries like Holland have bikes doesn't mean its a smart thing to do.
The people in those countries udoubtedly wish that they had cars to drive.
A friend who moved back to Holland didn't get rid of her car she just bought two bikes. One to ride while the other is in the repair shop as most of them usually are since they take such a beating.
The world is entering into a period of collective insanity.
This is not really a measured response to an article about bike sharing. I realize the comment-writer was probably responding to other comments more than to the article itself. But it is still a bit bizarre to respond to bike-sharing with inane prompts like "what about if you're carrying a piano?"
It's sort of cartoon script material. So I'm thinking it's the result of successful media brainwashing. The driver who identifies with his product (a car) lives in fear of that identity being devalued by reality.
Is this what car addicts are afraid of?
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The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite.
The goal is an endless war, not a successful war.
— Julian Assange