Re: Riding a bike a protection and in general

On 6/18/2025 8:15 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 6/17/2025 8:48 PM, John B. wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:38:49 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:25:08 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
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On Sun Jun 15 23:07:46 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

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I don't think the world is scarily dangerous. I've never, ever needed
such a thing, none of my friends or extended family have ever needed it,
and I doubt you will ever need it.

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If he never needs it, what difference does it make if he carries it?

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    If he passes out and one of those millions of untreated
psychos picks it up, and uses it to kill innocent bystanders, it
doesn't make a difference to me.
    OTOH I don't live there.
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If he passes out and an untreated psychos takes his car keys and uses
to kill innocent bystanders...

 Gee, I didn't realize cars were designed to kill people.
 how about 'If he passes out and an untreated psychos takes his ball- point pen and uses to kill innocent bystanders...'
 or 'If he passes out and an untreated psychos takes his bike multi-tool and uses to kill innocent bystanders...'

Unfortunately, the sarcasm fails, because some here have tried to seriously make that same argument. They believe that because someone was once killed by a rock, that guns are no worse than rocks.
Body counts, costs to society, advantages vs. disadvantages, etc. don't matter to those who fetishize their guns enough.
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- Frank Krygowski