Riding vs Flying -- How many here ride?

"Skywise" wrote in message
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Reading isn't really the problem. It more an apparent inability to
understand that there can be many possible motivations for a behavior.

If you want to get all self righteous and condecending, go ahead.
But you're not the one on the motorcycle with the idiot on the
cell phone driving next to you. I am.


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Unless you have been riding a motorcycle as long as I have on
the same streets I have, I really think you have no right nor
place to chide me on how to drive. Just the same, since I am not
a pilot, I would have no right to chide you for the way you fly.

You must remember, Brian, that many (most?) people can't break past what
they think the law says. Further, that some would think for themselves and
go against the grain is, well...un-American :~(

"Matt Barrow" wrote in
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"Skywise" wrote in message
...
Reading isn't really the problem. It more an apparent inability to
understand that there can be many possible motivations for a behavior.

If you want to get all self righteous and condecending, go ahead.
But you're not the one on the motorcycle with the idiot on the
cell phone driving next to you. I am.


DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!







Unless you have been riding a motorcycle as long as I have on
the same streets I have, I really think you have no right nor
place to chide me on how to drive. Just the same, since I am not
a pilot, I would have no right to chide you for the way you fly.

You must remember, Brian, that many (most?) people can't break past what
they think the law says. Further, that some would think for themselves
and go against the grain is, well...un-American :~(

Yeah...I guess I'm just a rebel. Sorry if I have a brain that
works. Actually, I've found through experience that having a
little intelligence can be quite a hinderance in a world that
wants everyone to conform and not make waves. So if that makes
me a rebel, then I gladly embrace the term.

But here's another example, using flying. There's all sorts of
rules and regulations saying what should be and should not be
regarding flying. But is there not a rule (if unwritten) that
says in an emergency that the rule book goes out the window?
You do what you have to do to save your ass. For me, driving is
no different.

Brian
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