On May 8, 1:57=A0am, Zoot Katz <zootk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 May 2008 08:11:15 -0700 (PDT), N8N <njna...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote of the montly Critidal Mass and concluded:
> \snip
>
> > A bunch of
> >guys on bikes acting like jerks is only going to make motorists expect
> >guys on bikes to act like jerks.
>
> Cyclists encounter bunches of jerks in cars every day. Why would you
> expect them to regard drivers as anything but jerks?
Because that's a generalization based on the behavior of a subset
(granted, a significant one. I'll give you that - to state that there
aren't a whole mess of idiots behind the wheels of cars would be
disingenuous at best) of the population known as "drivers." And, of
course, if you don't want cyclists to be generalized in the same way,
encouraging cyclists not to be equally offensive would be a good place
to start. Not saying that they all are; but if I were trying to get
through an area in my car that was all clogged up by a Critical Ass
ride, I might not be feeling particularly charitable towards cyclists
in general at that point in time.
nate
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