On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:55:06 +0100, Conor put finger to keyboard and typed:
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Today streets were reclaimed from the ubiquitous car culture in 15 major cities across the UK for charity sports events. At last, a step in the right direction.
Sorry, Doug. Never heard a single thing about it. Are you sure that it is actually happening in the real world and not just the one you imagine?
Nope, can't find anything on it on the news sites. THere's stories about a Tesco in Scotland banning sweets from kids and Surrey Police receiving a 999 call for Poland but nothing about streets being reclaimed.
There's something about the Sport Relief Mile but thats not a protest to reclaim the streets. I can't really think that anyone participating in it would see it as an act to reclaim the streets either. It's certainly not the aim of the Sport Relief Mile. So it can't be that unless you've got so desperate that you'll use anything that shuts a road for a short time to further your cause. In that case, you'll be claiming all road traffic accidents that close roads are acts of reclaiming the streets from petrolheads I assume.
Doug would presumably also class it as "reclaiming the streets" when they're closed for things such as a leg of the Tour de France, a state visit motorcade, a rally stage and resurfacing works.
A street near where I lived was once closed to allow filming of a TV series for Channel 4. Unfortunately, they'd forgotten to close off one particular access to it, so I ended up on the street without realising I shouldn't be there. My car is (just!) visible in the background for about half a second in the resulting show. I assume that I was taking part in a reclaim the streets protest as well, by Doug's reasoning.
You and others seem to be under a complete misapprehension, I did not say it was a 'protest'. Because our streets are monopolised by too many cars 24/7 it makes sense to close them from time to time for other purposes, instead of trying to share them. This is just one such example but involving quite a lot of streets.
-- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net "The car, more of a toilet than a convenience".
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:55:06 +0100, Conor put finger to keyboard and typed:
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In article <[email hidden]>, iiiiDougiiii says... > Today streets were reclaimed from the ubiquitous car culture in 15 > major cities across the UK for charity sports events. At last, a step > in the right direction. > Sorry, Doug. Never heard a single thing about it. Are you sure that it is actually happening in the real world and not just the one you imagine?
Nope, can't find anything on it on the news sites. THere's stories about a Tesco in Scotland banning sweets from kids and Surrey Police receiving a 999 call for Poland but nothing about streets being reclaimed.
There's something about the Sport Relief Mile but thats not a protest to reclaim the streets. I can't really think that anyone participating in it would see it as an act to reclaim the streets either. It's certainly not the aim of the Sport Relief Mile. So it can't be that unless you've got so desperate that you'll use anything that shuts a road for a short time to further your cause. In that case, you'll be claiming all road traffic accidents that close roads are acts of reclaiming the streets from petrolheads I assume.
Doug would presumably also class it as "reclaiming the streets" when they're closed for things such as a leg of the Tour de France, a state visit motorcade, a rally stage and resurfacing works.
A street near where I lived was once closed to allow filming of a TV series for Channel 4. Unfortunately, they'd forgotten to close off one particular access to it, so I ended up on the street without realising I shouldn't be there. My car is (just!) visible in the background for about half a second in the resulting show. I assume that I was taking part in a reclaim the streets protest as well, by Doug's reasoning.
You and others seem to be under a complete misapprehension, I did not say it was a 'protest'. Because our streets are monopolised by too many cars 24/7 it makes sense to close them from time to time for other purposes, instead of trying to share them. This is just one such example but involving quite a lot of streets.
You seem to be forgetting that privately owned bicycles are also banned from the roads when they are closed for sporting events.
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:55:06 +0100, Conor put finger to keyboard and typed:
>In article <[email hidden]>, >iiiiDougiiii says... >> Today streets were reclaimed from the ubiquitous car culture in 15 >> major cities across the UK for charity sports events. At last, a step >> in the right direction. >> >Sorry, Doug. Never heard a single thing about it. Are you sure that it >is actually happening in the real world and not just the one you >imagine? > >Nope, can't find anything on it on the news sites. THere's stories >about a Tesco in Scotland banning sweets from kids and Surrey Police >receiving a 999 call for Poland but nothing about streets being >reclaimed. > >There's something about the Sport Relief Mile but thats not a protest >to reclaim the streets. I can't really think that anyone participating >in it would see it as an act to reclaim the streets either. It's >certainly not the aim of the Sport Relief Mile. So it can't be that >unless you've got so desperate that you'll use anything that shuts a >road for a short time to further your cause. In that case, you'll be >claiming all road traffic accidents that close roads are acts of >reclaiming the streets from petrolheads I assume.
Doug would presumably also class it as "reclaiming the streets" when they're closed for things such as a leg of the Tour de France, a state visit motorcade, a rally stage and resurfacing works.
A street near where I lived was once closed to allow filming of a TV series for Channel 4. Unfortunately, they'd forgotten to close off one particular access to it, so I ended up on the street without realising I shouldn't be there. My car is (just!) visible in the background for about half a second in the resulting show. I assume that I was taking part in a reclaim the streets protest as well, by Doug's reasoning.
You and others seem to be under a complete misapprehension, I did not say it was a 'protest'. Because our streets are monopolised by too many cars 24/7 it makes sense to close them from time to time for other purposes, instead of trying to share them. This is just one such example but involving quite a lot of streets.
You seem to be forgetting that privately owned bicycles are also banned from the roads when they are closed for sporting events.
Not if they are dismounted and walked.
-- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net "The car, more of a toilet than a convenience".
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Mark Goodge wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:55:06 +0100, Conor put finger to keyboard and > typed: > > >In article <[email hidden]>, > >iiiiDougiiii says... > >> Today streets were reclaimed from the ubiquitous car culture in 15 > >> major cities across the UK for charity sports events. At last, a > >> step > >> in the right direction. > >> > >Sorry, Doug. Never heard a single thing about it. Are you sure that > >it > >is actually happening in the real world and not just the one you > >imagine? > > > >Nope, can't find anything on it on the news sites. THere's stories > >about a Tesco in Scotland banning sweets from kids and Surrey Police > >receiving a 999 call for Poland but nothing about streets being > >reclaimed. > > > >There's something about the Sport Relief Mile but thats not a protest > >to reclaim the streets. I can't really think that anyone > >participating > >in it would see it as an act to reclaim the streets either. It's > >certainly not the aim of the Sport Relief Mile. So it can't be that > >unless you've got so desperate that you'll use anything that shuts a > >road for a short time to further your cause. In that case, you'll be > >claiming all road traffic accidents that close roads are acts of > >reclaiming the streets from petrolheads I assume. > > Doug would presumably also class it as "reclaiming the streets" when > they're closed for things such as a leg of the Tour de France, a state > visit motorcade, a rally stage and resurfacing works. > > A street near where I lived was once closed to allow filming of a TV > series for Channel 4. Unfortunately, they'd forgotten to close off one > particular access to it, so I ended up on the street without realising > I shouldn't be there. My car is (just!) visible in the background for > about half a second in the resulting show. I assume that I was taking > part in a reclaim the streets protest as well, by Doug's reasoning. > You and others seem to be under a complete misapprehension, I did not say it was a 'protest'. Because our streets are monopolised by too many cars 24/7 it makes sense to close them from time to time for other purposes, instead of trying to share them. This is just one such example but involving quite a lot of streets.
You seem to be forgetting that privately owned bicycles are also banned from the roads when they are closed for sporting events.
Not if they are dismounted and walked.
But why would you want to take a bike for a walk? I mean, it's not likely to fetch a ball, is it?
Mark Goodge wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:55:06 +0100, Conor put finger to keyboard and > typed: > > >In article <[email hidden]>, > >iiiiDougiiii says... > >> Today streets were reclaimed from the ubiquitous car culture in 15 > >> major cities across the UK for charity sports events. At last, a > >> step > >> in the right direction. > >> > >Sorry, Doug. Never heard a single thing about it. Are you sure that > >it > >is actually happening in the real world and not just the one you > >imagine? > > > >Nope, can't find anything on it on the news sites. THere's stories > >about a Tesco in Scotland banning sweets from kids and Surrey Police > >receiving a 999 call for Poland but nothing about streets being > >reclaimed. > > > >There's something about the Sport Relief Mile but thats not a protest > >to reclaim the streets. I can't really think that anyone > >participating > >in it would see it as an act to reclaim the streets either. It's > >certainly not the aim of the Sport Relief Mile. So it can't be that > >unless you've got so desperate that you'll use anything that shuts a > >road for a short time to further your cause. In that case, you'll be > >claiming all road traffic accidents that close roads are acts of > >reclaiming the streets from petrolheads I assume. > > Doug would presumably also class it as "reclaiming the streets" when > they're closed for things such as a leg of the Tour de France, a state > visit motorcade, a rally stage and resurfacing works. > > A street near where I lived was once closed to allow filming of a TV > series for Channel 4. Unfortunately, they'd forgotten to close off one > particular access to it, so I ended up on the street without realising > I shouldn't be there. My car is (just!) visible in the background for > about half a second in the resulting show. I assume that I was taking > part in a reclaim the streets protest as well, by Doug's reasoning. > You and others seem to be under a complete misapprehension, I did not say it was a 'protest'. Because our streets are monopolised by too many cars 24/7 it makes sense to close them from time to time for other purposes, instead of trying to share them. This is just one such example but involving quite a lot of streets.
You seem to be forgetting that privately owned bicycles are also banned from the roads when they are closed for sporting events.
Not if they are dismounted and walked.
Only if you walk along the pavement, which might be difficult if there are many spectators. Pedestrians are severely restricted at such events and pedestrian crossings are closed. The road is only available to people taking part in the event, not the general public. So the roads haven't been reclaimed for anyone. They are very much more restricted than normal.
