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His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher
Mar 11, 2013, 11:23:13 AM3/11/13
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"Juliana Dias's death, at first glance, wasn't particularly
remarkable. She was killed on her bicycle by a bus on March 2 on Sao
Paulo's most famous street, Avenida Paulista.
But her death -- one of a reported five fatal road accidents involving
cyclists in Brazil the same day -- sparked spontaneous protests in
some two dozen cities across the country, and a fierce national
debate.
Dias, a biologist and researcher at the Sirio Libanes hospital in Sao
Paulo, had been a cycling activist. Her death came just three years
after another activist, Marcia Prado, was killed at almost the same
spot. This time, hundreds of cyclists blocked Avenida Paulista in
response and across the country -- in cities as far apart as Manaus,
Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro -- cyclists threw themselves on the
ground to symbolize the deaths, lit candles and sang songs."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-09/brazil-s-bloody-bike-wars-drive-national-protests-dom-phillips.html
***
Hey, there's no place for a man or woman to ride a bike in the the so
called "Civilized Western World." Our commitment to the RAT RACE is
unquestionable. Maybe in Africa they have more pity for the poor guy
on a bike. They want bicycles.
This sounds like the American way of life to me:
"Sao Paulo is, without doubt, a city of horrendous traffic and
pollution. During rush hour, it can take hours to cross town. Many
workers spend up to four hours a day commuting -- in their cars, on
overcrowded buses or on the city's pitifully few metro lines. Many
Paulistanos drive to the gym to work out, or to the park to run -- or
to ride bikes."
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remarkable. She was killed on her bicycle by a bus on March 2 on Sao
Paulo's most famous street, Avenida Paulista.
But her death -- one of a reported five fatal road accidents involving
cyclists in Brazil the same day -- sparked spontaneous protests in
some two dozen cities across the country, and a fierce national
debate.
Dias, a biologist and researcher at the Sirio Libanes hospital in Sao
Paulo, had been a cycling activist. Her death came just three years
after another activist, Marcia Prado, was killed at almost the same
spot. This time, hundreds of cyclists blocked Avenida Paulista in
response and across the country -- in cities as far apart as Manaus,
Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro -- cyclists threw themselves on the
ground to symbolize the deaths, lit candles and sang songs."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-09/brazil-s-bloody-bike-wars-drive-national-protests-dom-phillips.html
***
Hey, there's no place for a man or woman to ride a bike in the the so
called "Civilized Western World." Our commitment to the RAT RACE is
unquestionable. Maybe in Africa they have more pity for the poor guy
on a bike. They want bicycles.
This sounds like the American way of life to me:
"Sao Paulo is, without doubt, a city of horrendous traffic and
pollution. During rush hour, it can take hours to cross town. Many
workers spend up to four hours a day commuting -- in their cars, on
overcrowded buses or on the city's pitifully few metro lines. Many
Paulistanos drive to the gym to work out, or to the park to run -- or
to ride bikes."
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http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Mar 12, 2013, 11:26:55 AM3/12/13
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On Mar 11, 5:58 pm, Hegel <Heg...@ymail.com> wrote:
> ...huhu hum...
Democracy is under questioning... unless they deliver the goods.
Sometimes it takes the local government to make it work. It's a small
revolution at a time.
Contrast Sao Paulo with Curitiba:
One of the biggest threats to sustainability is that for many
countries which are urbanising rapidly, for example India and China, a
Westernised style of city may be followed – meaning a city dominated
by cars and increasing ‘edge' developments for housing and services.
...
The factor which makes it stand out as a model of ‘voluntary
sustainability' is the vision and efforts of its mayor Jaime Lerner.
He and his government have achieved higher levels of quality of life
for the residents of the city by creating a city 'more intelligent and
humane'. This is despite scarce urban resources.
...
Cities will not evolve into a sustainable form since there are so many
different groups involved – speculators, individuals, pressure groups
and so on. Planning and proactive management is critical to resolve
differences in opinion and to safeguard minority social groups – but
it needs strict political resolve!
http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/learning_modules/geography/04.TU.01/?section=13
***
This is a sort of quiet revolution few have undertaken in Latin
America or elsewhere.
> ...huhu hum...
Democracy is under questioning... unless they deliver the goods.
Sometimes it takes the local government to make it work. It's a small
revolution at a time.
Contrast Sao Paulo with Curitiba:
One of the biggest threats to sustainability is that for many
countries which are urbanising rapidly, for example India and China, a
Westernised style of city may be followed – meaning a city dominated
by cars and increasing ‘edge' developments for housing and services.
...
The factor which makes it stand out as a model of ‘voluntary
sustainability' is the vision and efforts of its mayor Jaime Lerner.
He and his government have achieved higher levels of quality of life
for the residents of the city by creating a city 'more intelligent and
humane'. This is despite scarce urban resources.
...
Cities will not evolve into a sustainable form since there are so many
different groups involved – speculators, individuals, pressure groups
and so on. Planning and proactive management is critical to resolve
differences in opinion and to safeguard minority social groups – but
it needs strict political resolve!
http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/learning_modules/geography/04.TU.01/?section=13
***
This is a sort of quiet revolution few have undertaken in Latin
America or elsewhere.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher
Mar 13, 2013, 11:42:00 PM3/13/13
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On Mar 13, 11:27 pm, x <x...@x.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:15:03 -0500, x wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:59:58 -0700, His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey,
> > Most Humble Philosopher wrote:
>
> >> On Mar 13, 9:07 pm, x <x...@x.org> wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:46:11 -0700, Wet Paper Bag wrote:
> >>> > On 13 Mar, 11:36, x <x...@x.org> wrote:
> >>> >> you're right, as you know. interesting absurdity... or could it be
> >>> >> that the world itself is of such a similar mind set that a symbol
> >>> >> could work?
>
> >>> > we are plunging into Hell... we need comfort more than ever... not
> >>> > less...
>
> >>> > God
>
> >>> then perhaps we should carve an X into a stone and say it's THE
> >>> answer.
>
> >>> it's a philosophers crack...
>
> >> Who needs comfort when we could have fun and freedom?
>
> >> My older Lexus is depressing and I crave for my bikes. Walking is part
> >> of evolution. We are a bipedal species and that doesn't refer to the
> >> pedal of a boring automatic car.
>
> > we are an inventive species, invention is a part of evolution. i don't
> > think we should replace the basics with invention but it is inevitable
> > that an intelligent species would invent the wheel followed by vehicle.
>
> it is part of expanding our horizons and discovering more of the world...
> just as planes and the internet make us a more global species.
>
> our conscious expansion into a universal embrace relies on technologies..
>
> you would be in quite a smaller world without vehicles or communications.
> where would be the enrichment of your mind by multi-cultural awareness...
The Internet is good technology because it brings us closer. The motor
vehicle just isolates us and makes animals out of us. Communities
disappear and gated communities appear.
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:15:03 -0500, x wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:59:58 -0700, His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey,
> > Most Humble Philosopher wrote:
>
> >> On Mar 13, 9:07 pm, x <x...@x.org> wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:46:11 -0700, Wet Paper Bag wrote:
> >>> > On 13 Mar, 11:36, x <x...@x.org> wrote:
> >>> >> you're right, as you know. interesting absurdity... or could it be
> >>> >> that the world itself is of such a similar mind set that a symbol
> >>> >> could work?
>
> >>> > we are plunging into Hell... we need comfort more than ever... not
> >>> > less...
>
> >>> > God
>
> >>> then perhaps we should carve an X into a stone and say it's THE
> >>> answer.
>
> >>> it's a philosophers crack...
>
> >> Who needs comfort when we could have fun and freedom?
>
> >> My older Lexus is depressing and I crave for my bikes. Walking is part
> >> of evolution. We are a bipedal species and that doesn't refer to the
> >> pedal of a boring automatic car.
>
> > we are an inventive species, invention is a part of evolution. i don't
> > think we should replace the basics with invention but it is inevitable
> > that an intelligent species would invent the wheel followed by vehicle.
>
> it is part of expanding our horizons and discovering more of the world...
> just as planes and the internet make us a more global species.
>
> our conscious expansion into a universal embrace relies on technologies..
>
> you would be in quite a smaller world without vehicles or communications.
> where would be the enrichment of your mind by multi-cultural awareness...
The Internet is good technology because it brings us closer. The motor
vehicle just isolates us and makes animals out of us. Communities
disappear and gated communities appear.
His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Mar 15, 2013, 9:52:32 AM3/15/13
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On Mar 14, 8:52 am, "{:-])))" <being@.... --- -- .> wrote:
> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> > nonbeing wrote:
> >> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> >> > nonbeing wrote:
> >> >> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> >> >> > ...
>
> >> >> >... death ...
>
> >> >> > ... sounds like the ... way of life to me:
>
> >> >> How would you prefer to die?
>
> >> >I prefer to slip on a banana peel.
>
> >> Do you have a second choice?
>
> >> And, at what age
> >> would you prefer this to occur?
>
> >Just before 70...
>
> Sounds as if
> you prefer to not see
> death lurking around the corner
> and to have it occur suddenly
> while you least expect it.
>
> You also prefer
> to have all your faculties
> undiminished by age.
>
> Perhaps not too unlike
> the lady who met death
> on the road while riding her
> bicycle, around the corner,
> suddenly, without expectation,
> having all her faculties undiminished
> by her particular age.
>
> You may say a banana peel
> is not the same as some other
> vehicle of death, and that before 70
> is just not the same as 65, or 50,
> or 25 or 15. And, in so doing,
> you draw your own lines.
>
> You might own them
> and might try to push
> your envelope onto
> others at times.
>
> To envelope all things
> using your points of view.
> But in so doing, you, yourself
> may be enveloped by your envelope.
>
> If there is no right nor wrong
> then drawing lines is not wrong
> nor is it right by the same line
> of drawing and undrawing
> water from a well.
>
> To view a thing or event
> as being one side of a coin,
> or another side of a coin,
> being as both are of
> a single coin, ore to toss
> the coin into the air, far,
> far a way, so it is not there,
> can be to view how views go.
>
> Perhaps you cannot help but see
> things and events such as you-dew.
> May be you are unable to keep
> from slipping on the peel,
> after all, you are just
> before 70 when
> ever you do
> draw that
> sort of
> line.
>
> You-dew
> such a thing
> eventually practially
> almost every day here
> and there in newsgroups
> mostly everywhere as well
> as being nowhere.
>
> You slip, fall,
> crash, burn and
> die ten thou sand
> times over and
> over and.
>
> If you think
> that you are
> here for a purpose
> such as to draw lines
> then that is what you think.
>
> You may feel a need for there to be
> a purpose for you to exist. And
> that is a feeling you might
> care to have, a wish
> to whoosh you
> upon a star.
>
> To carve
> an uncarved block
> such that there exists
> purpose or no-purpose is
> to carve an uncarved block.
>
> There may not be any purpose
> nor reason for carving, a side from
> the purpose or no-purpose of
> carving its'elf, for a spell,
> while you draw lines
> on the surface of
> many waters.
>
> You could be
> a surface dweller.
The worst part about cycling/walking is not death itself, but the
constant struggle with mad drivers. One thing I think is particularly
bad is to be left injured, watching perhaps your own severed leg,
while the driver has taken off. Hit and runs are rather the norm
around here. And then... no dinero. The Jewish lawyer can not take the
case because there's nobody to sue. That's sad, real sad.
> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> > nonbeing wrote:
> >> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> >> > nonbeing wrote:
> >> >> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> >> >> > ...
>
> >> >> >... death ...
>
> >> >> > ... sounds like the ... way of life to me:
>
> >> >> How would you prefer to die?
>
> >> >I prefer to slip on a banana peel.
>
> >> Do you have a second choice?
>
> >> And, at what age
> >> would you prefer this to occur?
>
> >Just before 70...
>
> Sounds as if
> you prefer to not see
> death lurking around the corner
> and to have it occur suddenly
> while you least expect it.
>
> You also prefer
> to have all your faculties
> undiminished by age.
>
> Perhaps not too unlike
> the lady who met death
> on the road while riding her
> bicycle, around the corner,
> suddenly, without expectation,
> having all her faculties undiminished
> by her particular age.
>
> You may say a banana peel
> is not the same as some other
> vehicle of death, and that before 70
> is just not the same as 65, or 50,
> or 25 or 15. And, in so doing,
> you draw your own lines.
>
> You might own them
> and might try to push
> your envelope onto
> others at times.
>
> To envelope all things
> using your points of view.
> But in so doing, you, yourself
> may be enveloped by your envelope.
>
> If there is no right nor wrong
> then drawing lines is not wrong
> nor is it right by the same line
> of drawing and undrawing
> water from a well.
>
> To view a thing or event
> as being one side of a coin,
> or another side of a coin,
> being as both are of
> a single coin, ore to toss
> the coin into the air, far,
> far a way, so it is not there,
> can be to view how views go.
>
> Perhaps you cannot help but see
> things and events such as you-dew.
> May be you are unable to keep
> from slipping on the peel,
> after all, you are just
> before 70 when
> ever you do
> draw that
> sort of
> line.
>
> You-dew
> such a thing
> eventually practially
> almost every day here
> and there in newsgroups
> mostly everywhere as well
> as being nowhere.
>
> You slip, fall,
> crash, burn and
> die ten thou sand
> times over and
> over and.
>
> If you think
> that you are
> here for a purpose
> such as to draw lines
> then that is what you think.
>
> You may feel a need for there to be
> a purpose for you to exist. And
> that is a feeling you might
> care to have, a wish
> to whoosh you
> upon a star.
>
> To carve
> an uncarved block
> such that there exists
> purpose or no-purpose is
> to carve an uncarved block.
>
> There may not be any purpose
> nor reason for carving, a side from
> the purpose or no-purpose of
> carving its'elf, for a spell,
> while you draw lines
> on the surface of
> many waters.
>
> You could be
> a surface dweller.
The worst part about cycling/walking is not death itself, but the
constant struggle with mad drivers. One thing I think is particularly
bad is to be left injured, watching perhaps your own severed leg,
while the driver has taken off. Hit and runs are rather the norm
around here. And then... no dinero. The Jewish lawyer can not take the
case because there's nobody to sue. That's sad, real sad.
His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Mar 16, 2013, 11:08:45 AM3/16/13
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>
> >Hit and runs are rather the norm
> >around here.
>
> You have been hit quite often?
> >Hit and runs are rather the norm
> >around here.
>
> Like, normally, when you go for a ride?
>
> > And then... no dinero. The Jewish lawyer can not take the
> >case because there's nobody to sue. That's sad, real sad.
>
> I once heard about a guy who was sad
> > And then... no dinero. The Jewish lawyer can not take the
> >case because there's nobody to sue. That's sad, real sad.
>
> because he had no money for shoes.
>
> Then, he saw a guy with no feet.
> Suddenly he didn't feel so sad.
>
> If you are not content as you are now
> perhaps things will get worse for you
> and then, when they return to how
> they were when now was then
> you will be more happy.
>
> Some folks seem to like to be sad.
> They go looking for what's bad.
> At times they get mad.
>
> Are you ever glad?
>
> Is being glad unnatural for you?
> A sort of rare event?
>
> Maybe if you posted good stuff
> instead of always looking for trouble
> you would not be so sad.
>
> Just a thought.
There's something out there --quite foreign to you, I'm sure-- called
EMPATHY. It hurts when somebody goes through a preventable accident --
dozens of cyclists around here are the guinea pigs, many of them young
people, tourists-- and nothing is done to prevent accidents. And when
they do happen these terrorists behind the wheel simply take off and
leave you bleeding there...
http://www.ivanschertzer.com/blog/2013/02/pedestrian-killed-in-a-hit-and-run-accident-in-miami-beach.shtml
Good thing the Jewish lawyer finally made justice.
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