Sujet : Re: Helmet efficacy test
De : frkrygow (at) *nospam* sbcglobal.net (Frank Krygowski)
Groupes : rec.bicycles.techDate : 22. Apr 2025, 03:34:53
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On 4/21/2025 5:26 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 4/21/2025 1:13 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:43:21 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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On 4/21/2025 1:26 PM, AMuzi wrote:
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https://www.azfamily.com/2025/04/19/man-rips-victims-eye-out-random-
attack-east-phoenix/
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That's a typical response from you, Andrew. You found _one_ scary story,
out of how many peaceful, unremarkable nighttime walks every day around
the world? You can't really be pretending that incident is
representative of the actual level of risk! How many attacks per million
nighttime walks do you think actually occur?
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That's aside from the fact that the timid tricyclist specified "foreign
country." But Phoenix is in _this_ country. I'm pretty sure the foreign
countries that I've visited have all been shown to be safer, on average,
than America.
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Well, if you're only going to go to "safe" countries. Much of the
Carribean where I was walking is today, not particularly safe....
As here, many local variants to all that.
My employee says he and his bride never felt unsafe in Costa Rica (a nation with no army, BTW).
There is a fundamental difference between "felt safe" and "were safe." As we've seen, some people are very, very timid. The most timid person posting here did not specify "third world country" or "country with high rate of violent crime." He mocked the idea of walking alone at night in _any_ foreign country.
For context, our timid friend doesn't feel safe riding on a suburban bike path unless he's got his handgun loaded, chambered, and close to his crotch. That's beyond timid. That's paranoid.
... Even in small towns and villages there are guys with black balaclavas and auto weapons in small groups. Scared the hell out of him.
Gosh! And I thought automatic weapons were supposed to be wonderful! ;-)
Yes, there are scary places in the world. There are neighborhoods I know where I would probably avoid walking alone at night. There are times and places to be very cautious. But our tricyclist seems afraid of walking in the dark in _any_ foreign country.
I can't conceive of living a life so limited by fear.
-- - Frank Krygowski
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