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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!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!backlog2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.bt.com!news.bt.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: "What is the Problem?"  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: What is the Problem with Admitting that You Hate Cars? Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:43:10 +0100 Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:43:29 -0500 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090824-0, 24/08/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-zUcV44yfnTn43N8eufH00zPnfTKawI2Zv4VdOZD74i0iMzFJkQOiTomo1Lp57khFreed38BZxqeYlGO!iserPA+A6V62S3ztUtl6HeK8KJyUhob4qS4vgCG+RAFAtST5mIH8uEGS4xOx142AD6IpdZdmEwFG!56Q= X-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Bytes: 2602 X-Original-Bytes: 2559 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:727167

Seriously, why lie about it? Don't you think it's a bit dishonest, and that you might be a bit more respected if you told the truth? You may think you'll get your anti-motorist measures more easily if you pretend they're for "safety", and you may be right in the first instance, but the problem with that is that once it's been shown that such measures aren't actually effective as far as safety is concerned, they'll be removed again (as is now happening with speed cameras).

Isn't it better to be honest about hating cars, and try to persuade people how wonderful anti-motorist measures are? If you manage that, you'll get your anti-motorist measures permanently, and you'll no longer have to pretend that you care whether they save lives or not. Isn't that better than this silly deceit? Unless of course you think that being anti-motorist is so deranged that you'll never persuade more than a few people of the benefits, in which case why don't you stop being such a car-hating freak and do something worthwhile that normal people will appreciate and benefit from?

So, either admit that you hate cars and go about your campaigning in an honest fashion, or stop hating cars and campaign for something that you're prepared to put your name to instead. The choice is yours, but it's one that you must make.

Thanks in advance

Bobby