| Subject: | RE: Alfalfa shrine |
| Date: | 05/28/2003 02:47 AM |
| From: | John Judy |
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C3256D.AC11B350 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit While it's sad that this persons wife died because she was incapable of operating a motor vehicle correctly, it's no excuse for a very public and very violent threat to cyclists. His display is sick and so is he. I find it incredible and depressing that this sort of thing is tolerated anywhere. It's not artwork, it's an attempt to intimidate and incite violence. There very fact that he uses his automobile as a billboard advocating violence against legal, legitimate road users would be reason enough to deny him use of the road in any sane, just environment. -----Original Message----- From: Cary Mallon [mailto:car-@gorge.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:29 PM To: ob-@topica.com Subject: [OBRA Chat] Alfalfa shrine I thought someone would beat me to it, but it hasn't happened so I feel I must clarify about the car sculpture with the mangled bike on the front. It truly does say 'I road in the middle of the road' on the side, but more explanation is necessary. The guy who put it there had this incentive- His wife was driving that road which is popular with cyclists when she came around a bend to find three riders abreast in her lane. In avoiding them, she went off the road and rolled her car. I don't believe the creator of this 'artwork' is out looking for cyclists to run over, but wants the riders of that road to understand sharing and that what we do does have risk, even when we're out there with caring drivers. Be careful out there. cary To respond to the whole group send to ob-@topica.com. To respond to the list manager send to ob-@teleport.com To unsubscribe send to obra-uns-@topica.com ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: john_-@attbi.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/help/unsub.html.am9obl9q Or send an email to: obra-uns-@topica.com TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^^=============================================================== ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C3256D.AC11B350 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=937405605-29052003><FONT size=2>While it's sad that this persons wife died because she was incapable of operating a motor vehicle correctly, it's no excuse for a very public and very violent threat to cyclists. His display is sick and so is he. I find it incredible and depressing that this sort of thing is tolerated anywhere. It's not artwork, it's an attempt to intimidate and incite violence. There very fact that he uses his automobile as a billboard advocating violence against legal, legitimate road users would be reason enough to deny him use of the road in any sane, just environment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Cary Mallon [mailto:car-@gorge.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:29 PM<BR><B>To:</B> ob-@topica.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [OBRA Chat] Alfalfa shrine<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I thought someone would beat me to it, but it hasn't happened so I feel I must clarify about the car sculpture with the mangled bike on the front. It truly does say 'I road in the middle of the road' on the side, but more explanation is necessary. The guy who put it there had this incentive- His wife was driving that road which is popular with cyclists when she came around a bend to find three riders abreast in her lane. In avoiding them, she went off the road and rolled her car. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I don't believe the creator of this 'artwork' is out looking for cyclists to run over, but wants the riders of that road to understand sharing and that what we do does have risk, even when we're out there with caring drivers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Be careful out there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>cary</FONT></DIV><PRE>To respond to the whole group send to ob-@topica.com. To respond to the list manager send to ob-@teleport.com To unsubscribe send to obra-uns-@topica.com</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C3256D.AC11B350-- |
