Wishing for Euthanasia in America? Ride a Bike!
His Majesty Comandante Banana, King Of The Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
" <x...@m.com> wrote:
> Euthanasia Information from the Netherlands!
>
> Just in case any RRR Culty-type LOONS happen to interfere with
> the website that's providing this data, HERE is the relevant text from it:
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> No prospects for the future, tired of life or suicidal? Anyone who wants
> to take matters of life and death into their own hands can get plenty of
> information on how to end it all from the Dutch Right to Die Association
> (NVVE). The association has made suicide tips available on a new website.
>
> Spokesperson for the association Walburg de Jong says the website is
> meant to give people information so that they can end their lives in a
> “humane way without resorting to horrific methods like throwing them-
> selves off a roof or in front of a train.”
Just ride a bicycle on the roads in America, and you are playing
Russian Roulette among the reckless drivers.
Perfectly legal too.
I still prefer the Dutch way to die when you are terminally ill and
NOT when you are in top shape.
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Actually, I propose a "Dutch Package," where issues normal to the
Dutch --gay rights, bike facilities, prostitution and marihuana-- are
discussed in less open societies.
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
> The world sucks. It has for a long time. Christians try to make the
> best of it albeit
> they have room for improvment.
>
> If you go on a bike ride and are automatically subjected to the Law of
> the Jungle
> then stop believing that you are an Ape.
>
> The world has no power over you that you do not allow.-
Christians are busy making sure we do NOT get Euthanasia or Marijuana
LAWS from Holland, but they ignore the meaning of the word FREEDOM, as
well as the other benefits the Dutch enjoy like UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
and BIKE FACILITIES...
'In the Netherlands, the law imposes a rebuttable presumption of
liability on drivers—if a motorist is involved in a crash with a
cyclist, the law presumes that the motorist is liable for the crash,
unless the motorist can rebut that presumption with evidence to the
contrary. The reason for this shift is that the Dutch recognized that
the cyclist will virtually always be the injured party in a collision
with an automobile, and by putting the onus of fault on the driver,
have provided motorists with a powerful legal incentive to pay more
attention to the presence of cyclists. Thus, it wouldn’t be legally
sufficient for a Dutch driver to merely claim “I didn’t see him”—the
most common excuse drivers use in the United States—in order to escape
liability. Instead, the Dutch driver would have to prove that the
cyclist’s own negligence was the cause of the collision. And even if
the Dutch driver can successfully rebut the presumption of liability,
the driver’s insurance is still required to pay the cyclist’s medical
bills.'
http://bicycling.com/blogs/roadrights/2009/06/22/why-we-need-cycling-insurance/
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
> > They have separate facilities, so that kind of unruly behavior is
> > minimized. But we don't have those facilities and we won't have them
> > for a long while. Around here they built a multi-purpose path that's 1
> > 1/2 mile long and cost a million bucks or more. Big money for
> > something impractical. So I propose this: BIKES TAKE THE LANE LIKE A
> > VEHICLE AND CARS GO AROUND THEM.
>
> Sounds reasonable but ignores stupid. I ride a bicycle and am not
> paranoid; they really are out to get me. I cold wear day-glow orange
> and lime green and have lights all over me until I shined like the sun
> and they'd still try to hit me if I gave 'em the chance! :^)- Hide quoted text -
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Well, we have to make sure the Christians get the point that bike
safety is more important than minding people's lives. In Holland not
only they let terminally ill patients die, or people smoke weed, or
have legalized prostitution, but also can enjoy SAFE CYCLING.
The sheep get into their automatic car, get on the phone and go into
"automatic pilot," ignoring cyclists, pedestrians and other forms of
life that need their full attention. We do need cameras on the roads
to enforce those laws that would give some respect to the cyclists.
Otherwise the law of the jungle will keep on going forever.
And then we are waiting for Jesus to come from the sky riding an ass
or a bike. ;)
Ron Wallenfang
& Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <nolionnoprob...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Nov 15, 11:28 pm, "(¯`·.¸Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <www.LayoffRemedy.com>
>
>
>
>
>
> " <x...@m.com> wrote:
> > Euthanasia Information from the Netherlands!
>
> > Just in case any RRR Culty-type LOONS happen to interfere with
> > the website that's providing this data, HERE is the relevant text from it:
>
> > = = = = = = = = = = =
>
> > No prospects for the future, tired of life or suicidal? Anyone who wants
> > to take matters of life and death into their own hands can get plenty of
> > information on how to end it all from the Dutch Right to Die Association
> > (NVVE). The association has made suicide tips available on a new website.
>
> > Spokesperson for the association Walburg de Jong says the website is
> > meant to give people information so that they can end their lives in a
> > “humane way without resorting to horrific methods like throwing them-
> > selves off a roof or in front of a train.”
>
> Just ride a bicycle on the roads in America, and you are playing
> Russian Roulette among the reckless drivers.
>
> Perfectly legal too.
>
> I still prefer the Dutch way to die when you are terminally ill and
> NOT when you are in top shape.
>
>
> Actually, I propose a "Dutch Package," where issues normal to the
> Dutch --gay rights, bike facilities, prostitution and marihuana-- are
> discussed in less open societies.
>
>
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Per statitstics presented and reviewed in old threads, the chances of
being killed on a bicyle as compared to in an auto, are about half as
great on a per hour basis and twice as great on a per mile basis - in
other words they're of the same order of magnitude. To equate that
risk with euthanasia is such a long flight from reality as to beggar
description.
Edward Dolan
"His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic
Enterprises" <comandan...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5bedab6f-474b-46d4...@k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
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> Well, we have to make sure the Christians get the point that bike
> safety is more important than minding people's lives. In Holland not
> only they let terminally ill patients die, or people smoke weed, or
> have legalized prostitution, but also can enjoy SAFE CYCLING.
You seem to think prostitution, legalized or otherwise, is a victimless
crime. It is not. Women suffer horribly under it. Ask yourself, how would
you like to be raped?
Woman are angels and should be adored as such.
Comandante Banana, I do agree with you on many of your rants, but stay off
of the vices or I will will take after you. You do not want to ever offend
Saint Edward the Great . He is a most fearsome Saint and is capable of
condemning you to everlasting hellfire. Even Ed Dolan the Great fears Saint
Edward the Great.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
His Highness Comandante Banana, King Of The Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
> The law of the jungle type of 'reasoning' that promotes blind faith in
> religious dogma, or demigods of any ilk for that matter, is chicken-
> brained pecking-order. If one ‘stays with the program’ he doesn’t
> have to think for himself, can’t make mistakes (or learn from them),
> and is secure in his position on the tribe’s pecking-order ladder.
>
> In secular venues it’s the same: Blind faith in a lot of professors
> will yield good grades, blind faith in what the Supreme Court says
> were the intentions of the Framers of the US Constitution is worth big
> bucks to lawyers (plutocratic pecking-order), blind faith in the
> Gummint means you’re “patriotic” etc.
>
> Am I thinking outside the box? Shame on me!
The point is that you should try to be your own master as much as
possible. Religion doesn't promote that. You are there waiting for
things to fall from the sky and will be rewarded for sheepish
behavior.
Yes, it happens outside religion too, and I'm sure that in the
communist hierarchy in Cuba, you better go with the flow.
What we should be teaching in our schools though is creative thinking,
making sure the little ape is able to survive in the jungle. It's not
accepting the law of the jungle either, just be conscious about it...
and put the predators in the cage, please!
Yesterday I was walking down the sidewalk and this LADY PREDATOR,
PULLS THE PHONE AND BLOCKS ME WITH HER SUV. I just wished to fight
back somehow, but the laws are ignored and nobody gives a shit. It
doesn't have to be that way though.
I really believe it is hight time to fight back the top predators, or
the top predators will hunt us down!
>
>
>
> > One wise word from the deep jungle though: APPEAL TO THE YOUNG, TO
> > "THE MONKEY WITHIN," and we may start seeing the TIDE OF EVOLUTION
> > change.
>
> Monkeys do the pecking-order thang too.
>
> Peace, Sanity
Which means, a) that we must accept it, or b) that it is time to
evolve and become civilized.
His Highness Comandante Banana, King Of The Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
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>
> Per statitstics presented and reviewed in old threads, the chances of
> being killed on a bicyle as compared to in an auto, are about half as
> great on a per hour basis and twice as great on a per mile basis - in
> other words they're of the same order of magnitude. To equate that
> risk with euthanasia is such a long flight from reality as to beggar
>
> - Show quoted text -
They call it "high risk" for a reason...
High Risk Life Insurance
Life insurance is an important part of life, and it can be expensive.
However, there are things that do drive up the cost of it, but you can
lower it by knowing what companies look at when deciding if they want
to write a policy. High risk insurance covers a lot of activities,
from sports to other personal lifestyle choices and disease.
http://www.efinancial.com/BestValue/TermLifeInsurance/HighRiskLifeIns.shtml
FEAR IS WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE IN THE CAGE. They are prisoners of the
church for fear of hell, and they naturally fear our deadly roads
where everything works in favor of the predator...
RIDING ON THE ROAD, EVERYDAY OBLIVIOUS TO THE SUVSs ALL AROUND YOU AND
CARS PASSING YOU 30 MILES FASTER WITHIN INCHES IS A DEATH WISH. And
then when you have an accident and survive it...
'In the United States, the injured cyclist must also deal with the
insurance company of the driver (assuming, of course, that the driver
is insured). Often, immediately following a collision, the driver will
admit to liability at the scene, only to think better of it later, and
deny any liability at all. I have also seen this happen many times in
my practice. The result is that the driver is telling the insurance
company that the collision was the cyclist’s fault, and the insurance
company will often eagerly adopt the driver’s position. Even if the
driver isn’t telling the insurance company that the collision was the
cyclist’s fault, the insurance company will often still try to shift
some of the blame for the collision onto the cyclist to avoid a costly
payout. In the handful of states that still have a system of
“contributory negligence,” if a jury finds that the cyclist was at
fault in any amount—even 1 percent—the cyclist will be completely
barred from recovering for his or her injuries. Even in states that
have adopted a system of “comparative negligence,” the injured
cyclist’s damages will be reduced by the amount of the cyclist’s own
negligence, and in most of these states, if the cyclist is more than
50 percent at fault, the cyclist recovers nothing.
To reiterate, in the United States, the injured cyclist has the burden
of proof every step of the way.'
http://bicycling.com/blogs/roadrights/2009/06/22/why-we-need-cycling-insurance/
His Highness Comandante Banana, King Of The Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
predator... and it seems even more stupid WHY WE DON'T PUT THE
PREDATOR IN THE CAGE! Notice the last paragraph where the predator is
the "LION LIAR"... Why can he get away with such lies? Because nobody
cares, least of all the authorities...
(I quote)
Undoubtedly, one of the most common deterrents to bicycling is fear.
Fear of motorists. Notice I said "motorists," not "cars" or "traffic."
When people talk about bike safety, especially those who are afraid to
bike on the roads, they aren’t much concerned about potholes or dogs
or sand on the corner or their ability to control the bike. They fear
the motorist they can’t see and who supposedly can’t see them. This
fear is based on the belief that a significant number of motorists are
likely to hit bicyclists while overtaking them. Does it happen? Yes.
Is it common? Not at all.
Beliefs are survival tools our brains use when we don’t have
sufficient direct sensory information to make a decision. Good beliefs
can protect us from potential dangers. Bad beliefs mislead us into
being fearless when we should be wary or fearing the wrong things.
While I sit at my desk in my office I believe my bike is sitting in
the bike locker where I locked it and left it, even though I have no
evidence to support that belief. It’s not until I go out there, open
the locker and look inside that I know my bike is actually there. I
couldn’t function sanely if I spent the day believing my locker was
being broken into. Conversely, if I believed no one would wish to
steal my bike, I wouldn’t bother locking it and would again sit at my
desk believing it was still there.
What kinds of events contribute to our beliefs about bicycle safety?
First and most common is sensory information -- observation of the
motorists and bicyclists around us. Such observations often convince
people that bicycling is unsafe. It only takes a few incidents of
carelessness or rudeness by motorists to convince some that cycling is
a dangerous activity even though most interactions with motorists are
non-threatening. We humans are easily startled when something big
comes rushing up from behind us. Think -- predator! Even after 25
years of cycling an overtaking car still occasionally startles me.
Second are the lies that motorists tell when they have treated
cyclists poorly. Catch up to a motorist after one has nearly
sideswiped you and you’ll most likely hear one of the following lies:
A) "I didn’t see you." B) "You belong on the sidewalk." C) "You’re
supposed to ride all the way to the right."
(GREAT QUOTE FROM SHERLOCK HOLMES!)
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <nolionnoprob...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> (GREAT QUOTE FROM SHERLOCK HOLMES!)
>
> http://www.floridabicycle.org/freedomfromfear.html
I've been THINKING (monkeys love thinking instead of following) about
the article above, and what keeps you from enjoying life is FEAR OF
THE PREDATOR that you don't see. The SUV and predator coming at you
out of the blue are your greatest fears. Of course, they are big and
can kill you without even a thought, so it's not an even fight at all.
I ride a bike and I'm not scare of the riding (in itself dangerous)
nor of the predator in another bike. In other words, if I lived in
fear, I'd avoid the bike altogether, and many people do. That's all
right.
If you look at the link above you will see a quote from Sherlock
Holmes where he says that riding a bike is the best thing to relax
your mind. Lucky him, back then there were no cars. We are still the
same PREDATORY MONKEY, but we have been issued a deadly weapon with
several tons of destructive power. And WE ARE FIGHTING FOR TERRITORY
on our roads, where one is 100 times more deadly than the other.
"That's STUPID, my dear Watson."
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
> Yeah, but who did you scare enough to let you out of yours?- Hide quoted text -
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The key is HOW you die, like a hero or like a dog.
But to die like a hero you need a cause. I don't encourage anyone to
do it braving the jungle, but fighting the jungle.
Actually I recommend first to MAKE NOISE and form small bike rides
(similar to Critical Mass, but better organized) rather than a one-on-
one contest.
The point is, THE MINUTE YOU GIVE BIG OVERWHELMING POWER TO ONE MONKEY
OVER ANOTHER AND GIVE THEM CONTESTED TERRITORY, IT BECOMES A...
PREDATOR!
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
interesting...
Behind the Eyes and Between the Ears of the Big, Bad Motorist
A while back I mentioned lightning and tornadoes. Reasonable people
strive to understand the true nature of such forces so they can learn
to avoid harm. In the same way, a cyclist must learn the true nature
of motorists.
We can break motorists into four classes: competent ones who don’t
want to hit us, incompetent ones who don’t want to hit us,
intimidators who don’t want to hit us, and those who want to hit us.
***
First of all, when there's a lightning storm... they advise you to
stay indoors. Definitely not the place to be in a kayak. It makes you
a SITTING DUCK. Scary thought, huh?
Secondly, there's another type of driver very popular in America: The
incompetent one that doesn't want to kill you, but doesn't give a shit
if they do and pass you dangerously close. That's why they pay
insurance, right?
So may divide drivers among the following 5 types:
1- NOT PREDATORY
2- NOT PREDATORY THAT GIVES YOU SPACE
3- NOT PREDATORY THAT DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT
4- PREDATORY THAT ROARS BUT DOESN'T EAT YOU
5- PREDATORY THAT EATS YOU!
And don't forget the banana in your rides!
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
the Cyclists wouldn't be a revolution. Thank you for your moral
support!)
On Nov 19, 2:53 pm, "(David P.)" <imb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> spintronic <spintro...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > "King Of The Apes" <no...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > A wise monkey said, "What's death anyway if it has
> > > a meaning? But don't die for peanuts."
>
> > >http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution
>
> > Yeah, but who did you scare enough to let you out of yours?
>
> Fear is what keeps the Monkey in the Cage - anagram
> *******************************************
> King Of The Apes is a thweet enemy hacker!
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> .
> --
LESSONS FROM THE JUNGLE
"Monkey alone is lunch... better be with the troop."
Moral: Get a troop and go riding a bike.
His Highness Comandante Banana, King Of The Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
There's no place for Quixotes or Jesuses!
Or do you think there's a place for a modern Jesus?
—Jesus of Siberia
Back in 1989, as the Soviet regime was collapsing, a man from the
Siberian town of Minusinsk, named Sergei Torop, lost his job as a
traffic cop. Shortly after that he had a vision, a vision in which he
discovered that he was in fact the second coming of Jesus. He changed
his name to Vissarion, giving his first public sermon in August of
1991.
When asked how he knew he was the new messiah, he answered, "It's
interesting but very complicated; I feel something violently surging
up from within me that had been held down until then."
"What happens to man when he wakes up and understands he is a man and
not an elephant? How can he explain what has happened to him?" he
added, laughing.
http://leoquix.blogspot.com/2009/08/jesus-of-siberia.html
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JUNGLE LORE: "Beware of the elephant that can crush you without bad
intentions."
(Moral: Beware of SUVs when riding a bike)
Ron Wallenfang
I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <nolionnoprob...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> do you think there's a place for a modern Jesus?
>
There is a place for millions and millions of Him. The basic
catechism definition of "grace" is "the life of Christ in us".
Unfortunately, most of us believers confine that life to too small a
corner of our own lives, and produce the scandals that outsiders cite,
too often correctly. Among other things, we fail to search for that
spark of grace - however hidden - in those we meet, which keeps us
from growing that life within our own lives.
IMHO, riding a bicycle is more often a step forward than a step
backward in bringing out that grace.
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
If there's a place for Jesus to come and suffer, he would ride a bike.
"Crucifiction" only lasted a few days, and then he came back from the
dead...
No such hope for modern cyclists.