Nuxx:C97ba62b-08af-4416-b368-4d9e4be06205@n4g2000vba.googlegroups.com

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!n4g2000vba.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: USA helmet laws. Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 16:22:00 -0700 (PDT) References: <15CdncAR9YP1LGPUnZ2dnUVZ8gGdnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk>   Lines: 24 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.163.208.50 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1241479320 15935 127.0.0.1 (4 May 2009 23:22:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 23:22:00 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: n4g2000vba.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.163.208.50; 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: 2326 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:699512

On May 4, 2:05=A0pm, "Simon Mason"  wrote: > "Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote in messagenews:= aritv4tgvchjucgoen7nl39b0u59fos3bg@4ax.com... > > > On Mon, 4 May 2009 10:11:55 +0100, "Simon Mason" > >  wrote: > > >>Interesting story about USA motorcyclists' fight to ride without helmet= s > >>which means that in the majority of states, they can ride a 100 mph+ > >>machine > >>with no crash hat. > > I'd imagine that if mandatory helmets for cyclists was ever imposed in th= e > UK, it would make the sight of helmetless hairy road hogs riding through = US > state capitals in protest look like a village tea party.

Well, I was going to say that I disagreed because of our tendency to just roll over and accept any amount of shit from our "masters", but owing to the hardcore of indignant, precious cyclists with a massive persecution complex and a holier-than-thou attitude towards everyone else, you may well actually be right in this case.