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From: reintom@rocky2.UUCP (Tom Reingold)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Car driver asks for advice from bicyclists
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 17:52:37 EDT
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> My personal opinion is that you had certainly done more than the jerk
> deserved or could expect.  My experinece is that talking to these
> idiots is a waste of time.  The only way that these people are going
> to learn is for them to have the s__t scared out of them; and, believe
> me, this will certainly happen to them if they live long enough.
> 
> Bill Powers.

People don't learn from having the s__t scared out of them, so it's
not such a good idea to try to make someone learn that way.  Just
do what you can, even if that means nothing.  Let him learn or not
learn.  Let him live or die, whichever he prefers.

Tom Reingold