Originally Posted by teiaperigosa
really?...No
respect is an important question, but as a cyclist, you should know that while there are drivers that try to be very respectful of cyclists, the infrastructure ( that of roads, that of driving mindsets, AND our society) is not built to have respect for that which is not corporate and of the modern capitalist industrial machine. If we don't realize that, and that our lifestyles often are forced to revolve around that, then we are being naive.
What you are doing in preforming this action actually gives the driver the mentality, or advances it that cyclist are out to do what ever the **** they want, and that a car driver has no rights or recourse. When they are cornered in such a manner, it is inevitable that some will preform violent actions against cyclist. So you are propogating a myth that we are out to say screw it all and we will do what we want. This type of attitude has made NYC CM the goat shoot that it is.
on a personal level, anyone has a right to be mad about whatever someone does to their car, whatever the reason...whether it be the $00.02 a cyclist might cost them in gas going up a long steep hill, or simply that another crazy cyclist is pissing them the fuk off
So they have the right to be mad, but your desire to skitch overrides this right? What gives you the right to do what ever you want? And what right do you have to decide if the effect, perceived or actual, is valid?
some people say...so, the fuk what...I might as well catch a boost anyways, the big boxes are costing the earth as it is...
But what does your skitching do to solve the problem other than divide things further?
just like if you put your car on the street, someone is liable to sit on the muhfuker
Is this justification?
no hypocrisy on this note
No, but a lot of Anarchist simplicity. Which, really, does not work.