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02-15-2007, 04:08 PM

<jtaylor@NOSPAM.hfx.andara.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:13 -0700, "Daryl Hunt"
> <dhunt@colwestnospam.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Gooserider" <Gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
>>news:45d0eb6f$0$24709$4c368faf@roadrunner.com. ..
>>>
>>> <jtaylor@NOSPAM.hfx.andara.com> wrote in message
>>> news:7qn0t2hl0184t1h99h1gvs64126sf6j95p@4ax.com...
>>>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:21:01 -0500, "Gooserider"
>>>> <Gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Daryl Hunt" <dhunt@colwestnospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:45cf379f$1@news.i70west.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> Let's see. When my son was 8, he used to use the same arguments.
>>>>>> "Well,
>>>>>> He Does IT". " and "Look at Jimmy". That didn't make it any more
>>>>>> right.
>>>>>> It was wrong. Time to look at the problem by itself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or we can use the argument: "Well, I shouldn't be punished since HE
>>>>>> chopped up 31 people and ate them and I just shot only one person".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>It's just more nanny state NONSENSE. I have ridden thousands of miles
>>>>>while
>>>>>listening to music---no incidents.
>>>>
>>>> Anecdote is not proof.
>>>>
>>>> Wearing headphones while cycling is just plain stupid; it's no
>>>> surprise that someone who does this will not understand the risk.
>>>
>>>
>>> Care to cite ANY proof to back up your claim? Or are you just another
>>> nanny-state busybody?
>>
>>It's okay to throw that temper tantrum now. Start screaming, "You can't
>>tell ME what to do!" and throw yourself onto the ground and you will
>>probably miss.
>
> Cycling darwinism...go on, wear those headphones.
>
> Do it before you pass on your genes, please...

Perhaps you should take a flying leap, sir.

02-15-2007, 04:08 PM	#52 (permalink)
Gooserider Posts: n/a	Re: New York wants to outlaw iPods for cyclers!?!? <jtaylor@NOSPAM.hfx.andara.com> wrote in message news5e6t2t0bpk2ob8mkng6vg133t5chlhrov@4ax.com... > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:13 -0700, "Daryl Hunt" > <dhunt@colwestnospam.com> wrote: > >> >>"Gooserider" <Gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message >>news:45d0eb6f$0$24709$4c368faf@roadrunner.com. .. >>> >>> <jtaylor@NOSPAM.hfx.andara.com> wrote in message >>> news:7qn0t2hl0184t1h99h1gvs64126sf6j95p@4ax.com... >>>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:21:01 -0500, "Gooserider" >>>> <Gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>"Daryl Hunt" <dhunt@colwestnospam.com> wrote in message >>>>>news:45cf379f$1@news.i70west.com... >>>>>> >>>>>> > >>>>>> Let's see. When my son was 8, he used to use the same arguments. >>>>>> "Well, >>>>>> He Does IT". " and "Look at Jimmy". That didn't make it any more >>>>>> right. >>>>>> It was wrong. Time to look at the problem by itself. >>>>>> >>>>>> Or we can use the argument: "Well, I shouldn't be punished since HE >>>>>> chopped up 31 people and ate them and I just shot only one person". >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>It's just more nanny state NONSENSE. I have ridden thousands of miles >>>>>while >>>>>listening to music---no incidents. >>>> >>>> Anecdote is not proof. >>>> >>>> Wearing headphones while cycling is just plain stupid; it's no >>>> surprise that someone who does this will not understand the risk. >>> >>> >>> Care to cite ANY proof to back up your claim? Or are you just another >>> nanny-state busybody? >> >>It's okay to throw that temper tantrum now. Start screaming, "You can't >>tell ME what to do!" and throw yourself onto the ground and you will >>probably miss. > > Cycling darwinism...go on, wear those headphones. > > Do it before you pass on your genes, please... Perhaps you should take a flying leap, sir.