A modern cyclist must have a passion for suffering and sacrifice
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
Let's assume the crucifiction really took place (ie. that the fiction
is real)... and then a few day later Jesus rose from the dead. What's
the big deal about when he didn't commit the "ultimate sacrifice,"
which is to die and be really dead or perhaps to be crippled for
life?
The non Christians though can claim many more victims and not less
painful death... the Inquisition inflicted excruciating torture, the
Conquistadors and colonists committed genocide against the Indians
followed by the slavery against the Africans, the Church was behind
the Spanish Civil War against the freedom-loving Libertarians, etc.
I think the CRUCIFICTION has been created and re-created with an
agenda in mind, but the opposition can claim far more victims.
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"A modern cyclist must have a passion for suffering and sacrifice...
and nobody cares."
COMING OUT OF THE DARK AGES
http://webspawner.com/users/donquijote1
datakoll
religious, political, and psychological non-cycle opinions and egos
but thta's better than 40 posts on Gucci handbags
maybe.
Tom Keats
When things go off-topic I'd much rather see recipes,
or at least household hints as to how to remove
mustard stains, etc.
cheers,
Tom
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Jym Dyer
> than the Christians"
=v= The word is "Jesii." Learn some literacy.
> I think the CRUCIFICTION has been created and re-created
> with an agenda in mind, but the opposition can claim far
> more victims.
=v= I've certainly had my own cross bikes to bear, but it
had nothing to do with suffering and sacrifice. Quite the
opposite, in fact.
<_Jym_>
Jobst Brandt
too late in life to enjoy riding in interesting locales. I recall my
sons at less than age 10 making a 50 mile ride to the coast and back
over a 1300 foot summit and thinking nothing of it other than not
knowing any classmates who rode beyond city streets.
Some years later, joining me on a tour of the alps, my younger son had
a great time over great mountains in Switzerland, Italy, and France.
There was no suffering there, and of course no concept of competition.
We hadn't considered Lance Armstrong at the time.
http://www.trentobike.org/byauthor/JobstBrandt.html
http://www.trentobike.org/Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tour_of_the_Alps/2001/index.html
Ride bike and enjoy it.
Jobst Brandt
Jobst Brandt
Simon Lewis
Some great rides. However, the flickr page is gone:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc/olafbrandt/lst
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
So long as people keep high on the RELIGIOS OPIUM and low on the BIKE
SAFETY AREA, they need to be reminded that Jesus is riding a bike
among us.
POWERFUL STUFF...
Blessed are the Merciful
Curated by Jerome Jacobs
February 10 - April 29, 2006
Blessed are those who are sensitive to the misery and misfortune of
others.
The world today revolves around a few key elements: money, power and
religion. It's impossible to know where to turn to, given the
indifference of friends and the hostility of enemies. Our planet is
heading towards global haggling, and piety has once again become a
weapon of mass manipulation and a means of taking, keeping and
justifying power.
Yet never before has the expression of religion been so far removed
from its roots and from the way in which it was originally expressed.
Far from being a belief or philosophy of compassion and love, it is
often corrupted by abusive, omnipotent fanaticism. In our western
eyes, of course, it is Islam - as expressed by terrorists and other
extremists - which has become the standard example of this abuse of
religion. Yet the abuse of Islam is not, by any means, the only
example of abuse of a religion. Christianity is also re-living a
sombre era with an upsurge in fanaticism, a schism between believers
and increasing extremism.
Science is evolving, explaining, frightening and dehumanising. Money
is building, accumulating and dividing. The human dimension is
becoming lost in this globalisation of its being which is diluting and
isolating it. The media are underpinning this abuse of the spirit in
favor of the material. Consumption of television programs is replacing
citizenship, freedom is being stifled and democracy is turning into
autocratic populism. Lies are invading the public arena.
The response of the financial, political and intellectual oligarchies
is formidable and effective: silence those who think. Panem et
circences, food and amusement. Above all, there is new religious
opium...
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
> In article <8489fdf3-5a3b-4e1b-a3d1-cde4874cb...@t11g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
> datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > with an open cycle forum the focal point for a wide variety of
> > religious, political, and psychological non-cycle opinions and egos
> > but thta's better than 40 posts on Gucci handbags
> > maybe.
>
> When things go off-topic I'd much rather see recipes,
> or at least household hints as to how to remove
> mustard stains, etc.
>
That's the same survival strategy of the ostrich... ;)
Are you aware that the only way we can fight Climate Change is through
taking a personal decision like RIDING A BIKE.
But first we must remove the PREDATOR, right?
Jobst Brandt
http://www.trentobike.org/byauthor/JobstBrandt.html
http://www.trentobike.org/Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tour_of_the_Alps/2001/index.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc/olafbrandt/lst
To make up for that Tento has pictures:
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
the excuse I heard the most often is: ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE THINGS!
So I've come to the conclusion that Christians will never be part of
the solution. They are waiting for God to fix up things while they
think nothing but sin and damnation... NO TO MARIJUANA, NO TO
ABORTION, NO TO PROSTITUTION, NO TO EUTHANASIA, NO TO UNIVERSAL
HEALTHCARE, while they turn a blind eye to the CLEAR AND PRESENT
DANGERS faced by humanity, ie. WAR AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
I try to ride a bike on the road to chip in with the health of the
world and my own, and that remains Quixotic at best or plain martyrdom
at worst. Then I realize they stand by the Hungry Lion that represents
the system, and I see the need to go hunting.
It's risky business, but a man gotta do what a man gotta do... ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjWBgA81LM
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"To test if a lion is vegetarian you can offer him a banana"
Master Gunner
I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
What the hell has this got to do with *BICYCLE TECH*? At least start
this crap over on rec.bikes.misc will ya?
Simon Lewis
Why did you copy your reply to all the other groups as well then? It
makes you as bad if not worse since a lot of people will not have seen
the original post because they know how to filter cranks properly. So
well done.
Tom Sherman °_°
> Master Gunner <TankBu...@yahoo.ca> writes:
>
>> [snip Monkey Poo]
>>
>> What the hell has this got to do with *BICYCLE TECH*? At least start
>> this crap over on rec.bikes.misc will ya?
>
> Why did you copy your reply to all the other groups as well then? It
> makes you as bad if not worse since a lot of people will not have seen
> the original post because they know how to filter cranks properly. So
> well done.
>
--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.
Simon Lewis
> Simon Lewis wrote:
>> Master Gunner <TankBu...@yahoo.ca> writes:
>>
>>> [snip Monkey Poo]
>>>
>>> What the hell has this got to do with *BICYCLE TECH*? At least start
>>> this crap over on rec.bikes.misc will ya?
>>
>> Why did you copy your reply to all the other groups as well then? It
>> makes you as bad if not worse since a lot of people will not have seen
>> the original post because they know how to filter cranks properly. So
>> well done.
>>
> Why did you not delete Comandante Monkey Poo's ravings in your reply?
To make a point. You see me following up to his opening of the spam is
NOT the same as him doing it originally. Weak.
Edward Dolan
"Tom Sherman �_�" <twsherm...@THISsouthslope.net> wrote in message
news:hef2gb$eep$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> Simon Lewis wrote:
>> Master Gunner <TankBu...@yahoo.ca> writes:
>>
>>> [snip Monkey Poo]
>>>
>>> What the hell has this got to do with *BICYCLE TECH*? At least start
>>> this crap over on rec.bikes.misc will ya?
>>
>> Why did you copy your reply to all the other groups as well then? It
>> makes you as bad if not worse since a lot of people will not have seen
>> the original post because they know how to filter cranks properly. So
>> well done.
>>
> Why did you not delete Comandante Monkey Poo's ravings in your reply?
Let's face it, the average idiot that posts to Usenet does not have the
brains to be an editor, not even of his own posts. You could do it and I
could do it, but why bother? Usenet is for idiots ... so let the idiots
flourish in all their glory!
By the way, a sure sign of a crank is one note Johnny. Comandante Banana
falls into that class perfectly. But he is a good natured crank, unlike some
others I have known.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
Ron Wallenfang
> the excuse I heard the most often is: ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE THINGS!
>
> So I've come to the conclusion that Christians will never be part of
> the solution. They are waiting for God to fix up things while they
> ABORTION, ............., while they turn a blind eye to the CLEAR AND PRESENT
> DANGERS faced by humanity, ie. WAR AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
Actually those of us in the right to life movement are more pilloried
for NOT waiting passively for God to change that situation, but rather
to try our best to assist in doing God's work. But be of good cheer.
I ride my bicycle to and from the abortion clinic outside of which I
pray and offer pro-life encouragement.
Bill Baka
life. How about pro-good life? Why force an unwanted birth? Only a total
fool would want that.
Fool or not?
Bill Baka
Dan C
It's a damn shame your momma didn't believe in pro-choice. Damn.
--
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"Bother!" said Pooh, as he wiped the vomit from his chin.
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Ron Wallenfang
>
> - Show quoted text -
Here's my "foolish" response:
Living an unhappy life is not a capital offense, still less the bare
possibility that a developing child might be unhappy.
Further regarding "an unwanted birth", moods change over time. That
works in both directions, as wanted children sometimes become unwanted
over time. Maybe bike riding will improve their dispositions.
And of course there's the adoption option.
Simon Lewis
Only a total fool would put the birth of a child at the hands of some
fickle mood swing.
You never cease to amaze.
Simon Lewis
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:43:47 -0800, Bill Baka wrote:
>
>> Ron Wallenfang wrote:
>>> On Nov 23, 1:39 pm, "His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I
>>> & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> In my long years of campaigning for a realistic and humanistic change,
>>>> the excuse I heard the most often is: ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE THINGS!
>>>>
>>>> So I've come to the conclusion that Christians will never be part of
>>>> the solution. They are waiting for God to fix up things while they
>>>> think nothing but sin and damnation......., NO TO ABORTION,
>>>> ............., while they turn a blind eye to the CLEAR AND PRESENT
>>>> DANGERS faced by humanity, ie. WAR AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
>>>
>>> Actually those of us in the right to life movement are more pilloried
>>> for NOT waiting passively for God to change that situation, but rather
>>> to try our best to assist in doing God's work. But be of good cheer. I
>>> ride my bicycle to and from the abortion clinic outside of which I pray
>>> and offer pro-life encouragement.
>>>
>> I am pro-choice since being born against a mother's will makes for a bad
>> life. How about pro-good life? Why force an unwanted birth? Only a total
>> fool would want that.
>>
>> Fool or not?
>>
>> Bill Baka
>
> It's a damn shame your momma didn't believe in pro-choice. Damn.
I have come to the conclusion that Bill Baka is a professional troll. No
one can be this ignorant of their own abilities. You should see him in
the tech groups. 10/10 for trolling to him. He had me for a while there.
Dan C
Oh, I'm well aware of his trolling attempts. He used to be a regular in
some of the Linux groups, until he got chased off with his tail between
his legs, being publicly shown to be a clueless liar, with no knowledge
whatsoever of the subject at hand. Over and over again.
He's just a delusional old man. Probably mildly retarded, and his only
happiness in life is gotten through fantasies and imagination.
Louis Genou
See this clue-by-four? Grasp it firmly with both hands and hit
yourself over the head with it. Repeat until the hypocrisy is pooled
around your feet. If there are any spectators, continue until they
stop laughing.
--
Louis Genou
Doer of Things
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
>
> - Show quoted text -
You are right, TECHNICALLY this doesn't belong in tech, so I'm
considering skipping you in the future. ;)
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
>
> - Show quoted text -
This is BICYCLE ACTIVISM for CYCLISTS and you call me a crank.
You waiting for Jesus too?
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
<twshermanREM...@THISsouthslope.net> wrote:
> Simon Lewis wrote:
No matter how much you hide, the TRUTH will find you.
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
(The name Jack could represent anyone, particularly a Christian who
goes to church in his SUV)
The Urban Road Is A Dangerous Place
A feisty octogenarian is unrepentantly jaywalking in front of my car.
He’s got a walker, and he’s hacking away with it, as if clearing a
path through the undergrowth with a machete.
I pull to the stop and watch as he progresses toward the opposite
curb. I confess to an admiration of his guts and his energy. I think
about our society’s sedentary ways and hold this man up as an example:
We just don’t have an excuse to sit on our duffs when Jack (as I
imagine he is called) is out here, braving the urban jungle!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120579902&ps=rs
Bill Baka
Where do we start stacking the people?
Some cities are getting so huge it is impossible to have lunch with a
friend due to travel time for just a few miles. It has happened to me in
Silicon Valley, drive 25 minutes, meet a friend for about 15 minutes,
then drive 25 minutes back to work.
You have to realize that enough people is enough.
Bill Baka
Bill Baka
I am only pro-choice in the first trimester, not at the 7 month point.
Call it the "Anti Oops, factor.".
Bill Baka
Bill Baka
> I have come to the conclusion that Bill Baka is a professional troll. No
> one can be this ignorant of their own abilities. You should see him in
> the tech groups. 10/10 for trolling to him. He had me for a while there.
>
this absurd thread at this point.
Bye.
Bill Baka
Michael Press
tkeat...@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:
> In article <8489fdf3-5a3b-4e1b...@t11g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
> datakoll <data...@yahoo.com> writes:
> > with an open cycle forum the focal point for a wide variety of
> > religious, political, and psychological non-cycle opinions and egos
> > but thta's better than 40 posts on Gucci handbags
> > maybe.
>
> When things go off-topic I'd much rather see recipes,
> or at least household hints as to how to remove
> mustard stains, etc.
glycerol.
--
Michael Press
Norman
> In article <f9qceh.681...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> tkeats2...@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:
>
> > In article <8489fdf3-5a3b-4e1b-a3d1-cde4874cb...@t11g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
> > datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> writes:
> > > with an open cycle forum the focal point for a wide variety of
> > > religious, political, and psychological non-cycle opinions and egos
> > > but thta's better than 40 posts on Gucci handbags
> > > maybe.
>
> > When things go off-topic I'd much rather see recipes,
> > or at least household hints as to how to remove
> > mustard stains, etc.
>
> glycerol.
>
I'd try club soda first, & if that didn't work, I'd mix the club
soda with amaretto & orange juice & try to make the stain
not matter to me.
Stephen Harding
Probably half the people (at least) on earth weren't planned or
possibly wanted! It's often not "the right" time to have a child.
At any rate, there are plenty of people in line waiting to adopt.
Seems foolish to me to kill off a child (sorry, "part of a woman's
body") when there are so many others who would want it.
At any rate, the OP did a nice job of very broad, negative definition
of Christians. If such negative characterizations were applied to
Jews, or Muslims or women or Blacks or homosexuals, they'd be called
anti-semitic, anti-muslim, sexist, racist or homophobic.
SMH
Nate Nagel
Brakleen and lacquer thinner fix everything.
nate
--
replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
http://members.cox.net/njnagel
Bill Baka
I missed the OP so I am running off the following posts and of course it
is another hornet's nest issue. How it got bent into an abortion issue
on a bicycle group I don't know.
Bicycles --> abortion debate???????
Bill Baka
Simon Lewis
Possibly when you said:
,----
| I am pro-choice since being born against a mother's will makes for a bad
| life. How about pro-good life? Why force an unwanted birth? Only a total
`----
Oops.
Chalo
>
> Tom Keats wrote:
> >
> > When things go off-topic I'd much rather see recipes,
> > or at least household hints as to how to remove
> > mustard stains, etc.
>
> glycerol.
The yellow in prepared mustard is from turmeric, which contains a
potent, but non-UV-stable, dye. Sunshine takes it out.
My wife dyed some marching band uniforms with turmeric once... then
she hung them out to dry. Oops.
Chalo
Edward Dolan
"His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic
news:35a123da-c9f0-4a90...@e31g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
[...]
> This is BICYCLE ACTIVISM for CYCLISTS and you call me a crank.
Your posts belong solely in the cycling newsgroup RBS since they all have to
do with safety issues involving drivers of motor vehicles. Of course, that
group is as dead as a door nail, so no one would ever read them there. But
in any event, a one note Johnny is a crank no matter where such posts go.
Keitht
A few more of those carpet cleaners and you won't even see the carpet --
Sorted.
Sound advice there, ta.
--
Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle
dgk
wrote:
I think all fetuses should have to wear a helmet.
His Highness Comandante Banana, King Of The Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
His Highness Comandante Banana, King Of The Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
Nothing like eating a banana when you are hungry. But don't forget it
in your pocket or your wife will get mad. You can use it for hungry
drivers too.
His Highness Comandante Banana, King Of The Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
>
> - Show quoted text -
Listen, I don't give a shit they don't give a shit. Cyclists are
submissive beta type underdogs.
Atheists and other free thinkers will lead the way, but I hate to
leave bikers out in the dark when the only world they have known (the
jungle) is under attack with machete and all. ;)
datakoll
more turkey ?