BlankThe recent "Barmy merkin" thread gave me an eye-opening view of how other countries see the US (we're not all like that, honest!). At any rate, I was relieved to learn that the newspaper that printed this woman's anti-bicycle drivel received some 300 e-mails and letters commenting on her column, nearly all of them criticizing Ms Morrison's sloppy journalism and disagreeing with her sentiments. Below is a link to an article in the Illinois Leader describing the response they got to Ms Morrison's column. I thought the readers of this NG might be interested in seeing how quite a few Americans responded to this woman's rantings. illinoisleader.comopinionview.aspOpen ↗
The recent "Barmy merkin" thread gave me an eye-opening view of how other countries see the US (we're not all like that, honest!).
We know that really, Mark. I've had 'melicans in my own home without even covering up the furniture... But we've been having lots of fun winding this particular Barmy Merkin up...
BlankThe recent "Barmy merkin" thread gave me an eye-opening view of how other countries see the US (we're not all like that, honest!). At any rate, I was relieved to learn that the newspaper that printed this woman's anti-bicycle drivel received some 300 e-mails and letters commenting on her column, nearly all of them criticizing Ms Morrison's sloppy journalism and disagreeing with her sentiments. Below is a link to an article in the Illinois Leader describing the response they got to Ms Morrison's column. I thought the readers of this NG might be interested in seeing how quite a few Americans responded to this woman's rantings. illinoisleader.comopinionview.aspOpen ↗
Hi Mark
There's a longish thread on this very subject in the rec.bicycles.misc newsgroup. The thread is entitled "For the safety of others, please keep off the highways"
The thread is worth a look-see, IMO. I'm just about to read the comments on the URL you gave above.
There's a longish thread on this very subject in the rec.bicycles.misc newsgroup. The thread is entitled "For the safety of others, please keep off the highways"
The thread is worth a look-see, IMO. I'm just about to read the comments on the URL you gave above.
James
I have indeed seen the thread in RBM, as well as threads in two bicycling mailing lists that I follow. I was just a little embarassed that this woman's drivel had come to the attention of cyclists outside the US. We normally try to keep this kind of person out of sight so as not to look too foolish to the rest of the world...
I do have to give the Illinois Leader credit for publishing all those responses to the woman's column, and I hope the editors of that people noticed that quite a few responses to her article were from outside the US. -- mark
