Nuxx:Fbee302b-fe4d-4cde-9160-3613589903fc@j35g2000yqh.googlegroups.com

Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!j35g2000yqh.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Sanity from Ireland Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:43:09 -0700 (PDT) References:  <44986d0f-c3a5-4c78-a9c0-7acf749cf0ee@v39g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>  Lines: 26 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.156.251.147 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1237362189 30301 127.0.0.1 (18 Mar 2009 07:43:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:43:09 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: j35g2000yqh.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.156.251.147; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009021910 Firefox/3.0.7 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2348 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:689847

On Mar 15, 7:00=A0pm, "Simon Mason"  wrote: > "Nuxx Bar"  wrote in message > > news:44986d0f-c3a5-4c78-a9c0-7acf749cf0ee@v39g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On Mar 15, 5:42 pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote: > > > Not a novel view, of course; I think most of us are aware that > > promotion of helmets and promotion of cycling go together like fish > > and bicycle. > >Damn straight. =A0Because cycling is about anarchism, isn't it? > >And cyclists shouldn't have to follow any restrictions or rules, however > >sensible, simply because they're morally superior to other road > >users. > > Driving at speeds exceeding the local limit is breaking the law. > > Riding a bicycle with no helmet is not breaking the law. > > Simple.

Apparently so. Tell me, what would you be more upset by? One of your closest friends smoking the occasional joint, or that same friend cheating on his wife?

My point being that "the law" is not the only consideration.