12.06.2007

Release the Zombies on Paul Soglin

Paul Soglin, former mayor of Madison, WI, said on his blog yesterday that "The bicyclists who braved the week's second storm should be taken out and shot". He prefaced it by claiming that he's " the first to protect the interests of bicyclists..."

Mr. Soglin, for some people the bicycle is not just a toy that comes out when it's sunny and the birds are chirping. For some of us it is our one and only means of transportation, one that serves us well, rain or shine, and carries us to our destination a little wet but no worse for wear. No one is insisting that YOU actually get out of your H2 and ride in the rain, we just ask that you refrain from advocating our murders when we're occasionally forced to ride in foul weather.

As one commentator on his blog said, "Here we see the beauty of blogs. Now we can publish anything we want before we use our brains and think about it..."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

For one thing, the mayor does not own an H2. Also, he advocates for mass transit and is an avid bicyclist himself. It's pretty simple minded to accuse anyone who is against someone doing something so idiotic as to ride their bike in the middle of a snowstorm with traffic alongside. It's not all about YOU either. It's also about car drivers having to deal with pretentious people who have no concern for someone who God forbid, runs them over accidentally when they recklessly fall off into oncoming traffic. You call it your "only means of transportation". Others call it suicide. And he wasn't advocating for anyone's death...unless of course you don't understand hyperbole or have a sense of humor. (and yes, it was quite funny)

Dr. Logan said...

When people make jokes about shooting teachers they go to jail. When people make jokes about shooting cyclists (a group of people who are murdered far more regularly than teachers), it's funny?. It's pretentious to ride a bike in bad weather? People wreck in cars during bad weather too, should they be shot for driving in bad weather? It's simple minded to assume that because you're in control of a heavier vehicle you own the public infrastructure you're using. And I know that he doesn't really drive a hummer, perhaps you don't understand hyperbole and humor...

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