On Apr 20, 6:49=A0pm, ComandanteBanana <nolionnoprob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> One of the problems we've got is that everybody is armed and
> dangerous.
Like usual, you are grossly exagerating. Not "everyone" is armed and
dangerous. Me -- for instance -- I am not usually armed and
dangerous. Even when armed, I'm not dangerous to you.
Nowadays the good-ol'-fa****oned finger is not enough. Some
> carry a gun, and some simply use their vehicles as the weapon. What's
> a cyclist to do in such a jungle? I'm going to write a book, "Monkey
> survival skills for the cyclist." First advice...
>
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>
> Road rage runs rampant
> on Bay Area highways
>
> ...
>
> For whatever reason, one's genitalia grow exponentially while moving
> at 40 mph in a steel and aluminum cage. Being at the helm of a 2-ton
> machine makes people feel powerful, I would assume, leading to extreme
> reactions from otherwise rational people.
>
> Unfortunately, those extreme reactions are becoming more deadly.
>
> As re****ted by the San Francisco Chronicle, a man driving on
> Interstate Highway 280 was shot from a passing car. The man who died,
> Luis Solari, died in front of his kids in the car. His offense: He cut
> someone off.
>
> The worst part is that this wasn't the first on Bay Area freeways this
> month.
>
> A woman was shot and killed April 3 on Interstate Highway 80 near
> Pinole, and a man was shot along the same stretch of freeway April 1.
> An arrest has been made in the former incident.
>
> A gun is unnecessary, and says a lot about violence in our society.
> Few problems, especially ones relating to cars, have ever been solved
> by use of a gun. Words, even hand gestures, are better answers to the
> whole problem. No one gets hurt with any of those.
>
> Even fisticuffs are better. Bruises go away over time.
>
> But expressing one's disgust at other people's driving by shooting a
> gun at them is revealing because it's solving the problem of anger
> with violence. Those who could angrily waive guns at you from passing
> automobiles and potentially use them, may be showing their small
> children in the back seats how not to act.
>
> Until this point, the worst I got for cutting someone off was the
> finger, not a bullet in the chest.
>
> http://media.www.thespartandaily.com/media/storage/paper852/news/2008...
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