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From: mileburner on 5 Dec 2009 12:51 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1ja9c7y.8act2pcgeba4N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > mileburner <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >> "Huge" <Huge(a)nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message >> news:7nuum0F3m7nm7U2(a)mid.individual.net... >> >> > Much too long. What you mean is "Cyclists will never accept that they >> > are >> > freeloaders." >> >> Possibly because that statement is incorrect. > > Well we do have the shining example of Doug "Dimwit" Bollen to consider. > The same loudly aggressive cyclist who claims that his aim during his > tourist trips around Scotland was to avoid spending any money at all. > Not a penny to be spent in local shops or on local B&Bs. > >> Ho Hum... > > Oh indeed, ho hum. Oh please! Doug is *not* representative of anyone - he is a "special case".
From: mileburner on 5 Dec 2009 12:56 NM wrote: > And this would be paid regardless of whether the taxpayer was a > cyclist or not, cyclist enjoy the facillities for free thus gaining an > advantage over other taxpayers, which makes cyclists freeloaders. The roads *are* available to everyone. It's up th the individual if they choose not to use them.
From: mileburner on 5 Dec 2009 12:57 Adrian wrote: > "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding > much like they were saying: > >>>>>> I've just e mailed btinternet to request your name & address. > >>>>> How are you going to prove that the person who posted as >>>>> mileburner is the owner of the BT email address? > >>>> TBH I don't know, but I know people who can find out. For a start >>>> I'll have his bt account suspended. He appears well known on >>>> radical cycling groups, shouldn't be hard to track him down. > >>> <pulls up comfy chair, popcorn> >>> This is going to be entertaining. > >> How much of a fool can one make oneself look? >> >> I suspect that Mr Medway might start to go a bit quiet from now on... > > I doubt he has that much self-awareness. Harsh, but true.
From: Rob Morley on 5 Dec 2009 13:12 On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:36:54 +0000 dan(a)telent.net wrote: > The money that I save from not running a car (�2000? �3000?) I spend > on living in a more expensive house (= bigger council tax) and buying > more toys and more beer (= more money in govt coffers from VAT and > duties). > > Your "all other things being equal" analysis is utterly facile, > because they never are. > Indeed, especially as studies have shown that commuting cyclists these days tend to have higher socio-economic status so will most likely be paying more in general taxation anyway. And many(most?) of them run a car, but choose not to use it for commuting.
From: SW on 5 Dec 2009 13:15
On 5 Dec, 16:59, NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 5 Dec, 14:06, SW <allbrankeepsyougo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Round here, £55/year of the average council tax bill is spent on the > > highways. > > > SW > > And this would be paid regardless of whether the taxpayer was a > cyclist or not, cyclist enjoy the facillities for free thus gaining an > advantage over other taxpayers, which makes cyclists freeloaders. By the same logic, anyone who sends their kids to a state school is also a freeloader. SW |