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In article , muzh@ihug.co.nz says... > > On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:49:00 +0000, Nuxx Bar wrote: > > > If a non-cyclist were to read URC and/or URCM, how do you think their > > perception of cyclists would be affected? On average, would you expect > > them to make people think more positively about cyclists, or less? > > > > I don't give a stuff what other people think.

And there I was fully expecting to see something hilarious about hagfish. Does this mean you've finally given up that nonsense for the new year? It was getting rather tired to say the least, even less inventive than the likes of "N Ron Hubbard", and that was 2 years ago.

And the thing is, you may not care what people think per se, and I can completely understand that. The only thing of course is that if people think cyclists are all lying, law-breaking, car-hating wankers then they're less likely to treat them courteously on the roads and more likely to advocate restrictions on them, which presumably you do care about, this being a democracy and everything (I know some around here would prefer it not to be, but it remains one all the same).

Did you ever go on IRC and call yourself "Chocky"? That person was from New Zealand, called Peter and generally difficult IIRC.