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From: jdi@ucbvax.ARPA (John D. Irwin)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Bicycles, Violence and Hatred
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Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 14:35:12 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  7 14:35:12 1985
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Reply-To: jdi@ucbvax.UUCP (John D. Irwin)
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
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Keywords: the finger

Suggestion -- try not to use the finger.  It will make you feel better.

That is, until the angry, ignorant, abusive person in the 4,000 pound pickup
truck decides he'd prefer you to be flat.

Fortunately, I was able to acellerate to probably my highest speed ever and
take a bike path where he could not follow.  Nowadays I try to control myself.
Self-preservation is more important than self-satisfaction.

A couple days ago there was a man who got a parking ticket from a police
officer riding a motorcycle.  Ten minutes later, he sped up to
the cop and ran him over, throwing him 50 feet
onto the pavement.  He then went over and starting stomping on him.
The officer died.

-- John
(jdi@ucbvax)