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Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks



On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:05:39PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> On Thursday 27 March 2003 07:38 am, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > With over five times as many people being killed by autos in the US per
> > year as died in the terrorist attacks back in '01, not to mention the
> > pollution, noise, and roughly 50% of livable space in cities being
> > sacraficed to the transporatation and storage of autos, I think the
> > would might have been a better place had Ford had this attitude.
> 
> So you're saying autos are a Bad Thing (tm)? 
> 
> Hey, if you don't like autos, why do you participate in using them?
[...]
> I might add that I use a bicycle for a good deal of my transportation.  I 
> don't have trouble with cars getting in my way or running me down.  If you 
> feel so strongly about cars being a bad thing, what do you do to reduce their 
> use?  Do you avoid driving and use other transportation?

IIRC, Paul has said in the past that he gets around by bicycle virtually
all the time.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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