On Mar 6, 8:31=A0am, Bolwerk <bolw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Eric Vey wrote:
> > Martin Edwards wrote:
> >> Pat wrote:
> >>> On Mar 5, 11:30 am, Bolwerk <bolw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>> Eric Vey wrote:
> >>>>> Miles Bader wrote:
> >>>>>> Pat <gro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> >>>>>>> Woohoo. =A0Where I live
> >>>>>> You don't count, Pat.
> >>>>>> -Miles
> >>>>> One would think that Pat and Jack would want the city slickers to
us=
e
> >>>>> less gas. That way the demand would go down and thus the price for
> >>>>> them.
> >>>>> =A0So I really don't understand their whole line of reasoning.
> >>>> Pat just seems to like to whine, but Jack apparently thinks transit
> >>>> systems should be shut down and everybody should be forced to
drive.
> >>>> Therefore, "city slickers" would be using more gas and wasting more
> >>>> energy. =A0Then, no one ever accused Jack of making sense.
>
> >>> It's not that I just want to whine, it is that I think that many of
> >>> the posts are extraordinarily ego-centric and arogant. =A0You want
to
> >>> live in some manner and think that everyone else should live in that
> >>> manner too. =A0There is a feeling of moral snugness and superiority
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> >>> is appalling. =A0But you think that your position somehow gives you
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> >>> ability/desire to regulate/legislate the actions of others -- ban
> >>> this, outlaw that, do away with that thing over there.
>
> >>> Go live your lives and enjoy them, but don't get snobbish and think
> >>> that just because you want to ride a bike and live in a high density
> >>> environment and eat bean sprouts and sing coombyya that everyone
else
> >>> wants to.
>
> >>> Go sell your car. =A0Go buy a parking ramp and tear it down so you
can=
> >>> build an empire on organic gardening. =A0Fool yourself into thinking
> >>> electricity is clean. =A0Go ahead and do it. =A0Just stop the
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> >>> of thinking that what you like is what everyone likes.
>
> >> I do not have a bike, and, living among Jamaicans, I pronounce "Com
by
> >> eya" properly. =A0I am not a vegetarian or a teetotaller, though I
must=
> >> confess to a lack of interest in s****t. =A0I do not want cars
abolished=
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> >> even in cities. =A0I do not propose a light rail line for Ellsworth,
> >> Kansas. =A0I am a public trans****t sup****ter.
>
> > Now you've done it. You are not allowed to challenge the stereotypes.
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> > you do, they will just call you a loon and pretend you didn't say
> > anything of im****tance. These guys know it all and they certainly have
> > their stereotypes down.
>
> Heh.
>
> Last time I saw Pat troll here (misc.trans****t.urban-tranist), he was on
> about how city folk aren't "real people."- Hide quoted text -
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I'm reading this through alt.planning.urban If you don't want my
responses, simply don't cross-post to here.
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