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From: Mike Sales on 29 Dec 2009 16:43 "Conor" wrote in message > > Where are all the cyclists on the roads within a 30 mile radius of my > house? There are hardly any at all. You're lucky to see one per day. > > Why do you whinge on about them so much then? Mike Sales
From: Conor on 29 Dec 2009 18:16 In article <hhdt6i$o62$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mike Sales says... > > "Conor" wrote in message > > > Where are all the cyclists on the roads within a 30 mile radius of my > > house? There are hardly any at all. You're lucky to see one per day. > > > > > Why do you whinge on about them so much then? > > Mike Sales Because the main inbound roads into Hull have lost one lane which has been converted to a cycle track. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Adrian on 29 Dec 2009 18:22 Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> >> > Another story from a long time ago, this time 16 months old. Since >> >> > then cars have killed about 4000 people. Try and keep things into >> >> > perspective. >> >> Since then cigarettes have killed around 150,000 people. Try to keep >> >> things in perspective. >> > This is about people killing other people, not people killing >> > themselves. >> So why are you including the "people killing themselves" deaths in the >> road deaths? > I'm not. Yes, you are. > Why do you imagine I am? Because you're using the _total_ road deaths. Many - probably most - of those killed on the roads are (at least partially) responsible for their own deaths.
From: Doug on 30 Dec 2009 02:49 On 29 Dec, 15:33, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > In article <a3cf6e72-619c-4027-aa20-5c3fc6639d01 > @d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Doug says... > > > > I wonder how the residents get their food and the goods they buy.... > > > Shouldn't be too difficult for you to work it out. Think lifts instead > > of cars, with trains bring the goods to the base of the city. Cycles > > or electric buggies could be used for horizontal travel at each level. > > Really? Any idea how many tonnes of supplied an average town gets > through in a day? Here's a clue, its well into four figures. Hell, the > local Tesco in Bridlington gets 200 tonnes per day of deliveries and its > not the sole supermarket nor the sole recipient of goods in that town. > > How many bicycles and electric buggies do you think it'd take to move > 1000 tonnes of goods per day? > You clearly haven't begun to grasp this concept or don't want to. Doug.
From: Doug on 30 Dec 2009 02:56
On 29 Dec, 15:34, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > In article <b462ef2d-e0ab-4b2b-80a7-66d73c5ff245 > @j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, Doug says... > > > > > On 28 Dec, 14:15, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > > In article <cda4c07c-3bff-4254-a6fd-76640e37e458 > > > @e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Mas...(a)BP.com says... > > > > > Another story from a long time ago, this time 16 months old. Since > > > > then cars have killed about 4000 people. > > > > Try and keep things into perspective. > > > > Since then cigarettes have killed around 150,000 people. > > > Try to keep things in perspective. > > > This is about people killing other people, not people killing > > themselves. > > OK, PASSIVE SMOKING kills 11,000 people per year, more than THREE TIMES > that of cars, assuming no driver is ever killed. > Pollution from cars is probably much worse, given the much greater volume of gases per vehicle compared to a cigarette. However, this is obviously about people killing others DIRECTLY through physical contact so don't try to confuse the issue as a cover for your own harmful behaviour. -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill. |