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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!z5g2000vba.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Someone has pissed off the locals Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 09:14:17 -0700 (PDT) References: <5NmdnVWKaqmybZLXnZ2dnUVZ8oZi4p2d@pipex.net> <2rtv05piakdqlutamv4iod5agrvglj23nj@4ax.com> Lines: 14 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.145.66.20 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1242576858 4331 127.0.0.1 (17 May 2009 16:14:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 16:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: z5g2000vba.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.145.66.20; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 1891 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:702149

On May 17, 12:39=A0pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote: > On Sun, 17 May 2009 06:08:31 -0500, "Mr. Benn" <%%@%%.%> wrote: > >The event has developed into the Perthshire Cycling Festival, but has > >brought protests over the disruption caused by the three-hour Etape > >Caledonia. > > Wow, three whole hours. =A0How long is half of London closed for the > Marathon?

But you would have defended the closure however long and unreasonable it had been. If it's cycling, it's OK, and if it's driving, it's not, end of story. It must be wonderful in a way to see the world in such a simple-minded and black and white fashion.