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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!aotearoa.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed.kpn.net!pfeed09.wxs.nl!news.astraweb.com!border5.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!newsfeed.eweka.nl!feeder3.eweka.nl!81.171.88.15.MISMATCH!eweka.nl!lightspeed.eweka.nl!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!prichard.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4n94c5do6u52mjr7po4reup0v8hi50uglp@4ax.com> From: Old Skullface  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Helmet saves life Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:35:16 +0100 References:  <7idui5F31bfg4U1@mid.individual.net> Lines: 29 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 090928-0, 28/09/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 6aa04266.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=];n9OGf:ZU3W@H\B:N=aj70g@SS;SF6n7R9OH0:RnEN4\CO6^KB\: X-Complaints-To: abuse@zen.co.uk Bytes: 2368 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:735166

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:24:04 +0100, Peter Clinch  wrote:

>Tom Anderson wrote: >> You can stick this in your statistics: >> >> http://www.wyff4.com/news/20187786/detail.html >> >> And smoke it! > >"They said the bullet penetrated the outer lining of the helmet but did >not actually hit the victim's head." > >So, can you find any part of a helmet that can be penetrated along such >a trajectory that the wearer's head will be missed? I can...

I don't believe it. Someone really has said that. I thought even the uk.rec.cycling lot wouldn't say something so preposterous, but I should have known better. The likes of Clinch will perform whatever amount of mental gymnastics is necessary to arrive at the conclusion that no safety measures or restrictions, however necessary, should
 * ever* be advocated for cyclists.

The level of militance, and the determinaton that cyclists should be able to do exactly what they like just because they're "better" than other road users, is simply extraordinary. Yep, these people are hardcore, care-free anarchists - as long as they're talking about cyclists. If they're talking about anyone else, particularly motorists, it's a very different matter.