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- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!ole!ssc!markz
- From: markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier)
- Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, Individual Responsibility
- Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
- Distribution: seattle
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:35:15 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.193515.27329@ssc.com>
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- Pat Myrto (pat@rwing.UUCP) wrote:
- : In article <1992Dec22.194135.14016@eskimo.com> alpinist@eskimo.com (David Butler) writes:
- : :Instead of ignoring his point because of irrelevance why don't you ignore
- : :the point because it is WRONG! Mountain climbing is not far more dangerous
- : :than riding a bike/motorcycle with or without a helmet. Statistically
- : :bicycling is one of the most dangeous activities there is.
- :
- : What is the source of the above stats you assert (and the stats themselves)?
- : I think some of us would like to see the stats themselves, and their
- : sources, rather than an assertion.
-
- And what type of bicycle riding. I have a hard time believing
- my taking a slow glide through the park on a sunny day should put
- me in the same category as some adrenaline junky who gets dressed
- up like some alien from another planet and goes out and plays in
- traffic, or some little toad training to be the BMX champion of the
- universe.
-
- But I'm up for the same degree of police harrasment.
-
- Mark Zenier markz@ssc.wa.com
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