VC-ism rests on
at least one false dichotomy.
Originally Posted by Helmet Head
This idea implies the "third mode" theory...
There are the rules of the road for vehicles and there are the rules of the sidewalk for pedestrians.
There are other modes. To name just one, there is the (as yet poorly defined) mode for multi-users of multi-use paths (some VC-ists fantasize that the rules of the road can be applied to MUPs but that's nonsense as evidenced by John Forester's infamous self-test
).
VC-ism is all about dichotomies, black and white, with no shades of grey (or gray, for that matter).
It's great propaganda for VC-ists to imply that the only alternative to riding according to the rules of the road as they existed in England in the 1930s (what at least one VC-ist fanatic has called the "traditional rules of the road") is riding as a POW (pedestrian on wheels). But propaganda is all it is. It's bull - just another of the many loads of horse hockey the Foresterites have been dumping on the cycling community for so long that some VC-ists appear to have begun believing their own propaganda.
VC-ism is founded on the quicksand of John Forester's wacky psychological and social theories -- his conspiracy theories and, as much as anything, false dichotomies, sloganing and propagandizing.
"real cyclists" vs. the incompetent unwashed masses
vehicular cyclists vs. POWs
anti-motorists vs. the followers of The Great One
As a life-long vehicular cyclist, it's my considered opinion that VC-ism is mostly one gigantic load of horse manure founded on some truly nutcase theories presented by John Forester.
Originally Posted by randya
where's the HeadPoll?
wait for it