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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!x13g2000vbe.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Happiness = Work, sleep and bicycles Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:12:21 -0800 (PST) References:  Lines: 21 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.71.49.124 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1299352341 29185 127.0.0.1 (5 Mar 2011 19:12:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 19:12:21 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: x13g2000vbe.googlegroups.com; posting-host=82.71.49.124; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110218 Firefox/3.6.14,gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2274 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:801237

On Mar 5, 3:52=A0pm, SW  wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2011/02/happiness_... > > "studies comparing the experiences of commuting by bicycle and car > report that cyclists find their mode of transport at least as flexible > and convenient as those who use cars, with lower stress and greater > feelings of freedom, relaxation and excitement." > > I couldn't agree more. =A0Since I got rid of the car and started using th= e > bike for transport, commuting has become a real pleasure.

If it works for you, and for other cyclists, that's great. But some people find the car to be genuinely the best option for some journeys at least. The latter should not be castigated, punished or bullied for their choice (which sometimes isn't a choice anyway, e.g. for the disabled). In a free society we should be reasonable and tolerant about these things and accept that others may make different choices to us. Attitudes like Doug's and Chapman's have no place in a non- Communist regime. (At least Doug admits to having such an attitude though....)