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08-29-2011, 02:50 AM
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@Molluck's Assistant - Okay fine. Yes, I'm a cunt for being lazy, and not wanting to debate stuff because I'm not self-confident enough to think that I can put my point across to you in a way that you'd understand me. And for that I'm sorry.

But since I'm not pre-occupied today, and if you really, really insist, I'll get off my arse, try and (but probably fail to) save some face, and say the following:

Yes, the cyclist taking the videos is aggressive, yes, common sense should be priority over laws in a desperate situation, I actually agree with you on those. I myself give priority to car drivers even if I'm abiding by the law and they aren't - In the end, I'd come out worse in a collision with a car, and it's not worth my life just to prove a point, and I believe that's the point you were making. Yes, encountering pricks is inevitable and it's sensible to stay clear of them and let them go their own way rather than get involved in an argument - After all, when on the roads, all I want to do is to get to my destination safely, and I assume that's what most other people want to do as well.

However, what I don't agree with you is that there is absolutely no justifying behaviour from these pricks who think that just because they're driving a motor vehicle, it makes them superior to a cyclist who has just as much right to be on the road as they do. The cyclist who took those videos may be aggressive, but in the end all he is doing is standing up for his rights.

I'm not saying that the incident at 4:25 and the one with the taxi man was unavoidable, because perhaps they could have been if Gaz545 wasn't so stubborn. But sometimes dealing with ass holes is entirely unavoidable, and if every law-abiding person let these ass holes with a superiority complex and no regard for other people walk all over them, where would the world be? We need people with guts like Gaz545 to show pricks that they can't always have their way, and can't always get away with being a dick. And also, on the roads, if people are a dick then they're likely to hurt or kill someone.

So kudos to that guy, and let people stand up for their rights if they chose to do so and deal with the consequences of that - In my opinion, there's not much wrong with that at all. And I'll just leave it at that.
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