(09-10-2016, 01:39 AM)taramarie Wrote:(09-10-2016, 01:35 AM)Galen Wrote: There is not much chance of that is there.Some bicyclists here have a death wish and vegans, well i have met some who want to stop meat eaters eating what they wish which i do not agree with. Would be interesting to hear your perspective.
You have to live near the People's Republic of Portland to understand my problems with the vegans and bicyclists. Its a more intense version of the left's virtue signaling. Probably why I like the Seventh-Day Adventists better, they just obsess about the end of the world which I find much less annoying.
In the case of the bicyclists they seem to think that they are saving the planet and never stop telling you about it. I have been threatened with every possible end of the world scenario and none of them have been even remotely true. There is some truth to George Carlin's view of saving the planet. They also have no sense of humor which they share with the vegans.
The other thing bicyclists do is ignore traffic laws. It wouldn't be so bad except they like getting out in the middle of the road and obstructing traffic. They got the previous Mayor to ignore road maintenance in favor of building bike paths. During Monsoon season many drivers like to see if they can drown cyclists by driving fast through puddles to thank them for all they have done.
The vegans also go on about saving the planet and how cruelty free they are. As a consequence they are even more smug about it. The Seventh Day Adventists do vegetarianism right but they have been at it since at since the mid-nineteenth century. Many of the vegans look very unhealthy because they don't know what they are doing. This clip from Portlandia is not far from the truth except that you need to replace the chicken with some vegetable.
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If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises