tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post3005533594277459420..comments2024-01-05T11:00:30.673-06:00Comments on DFW Point-to-Point: Lost Rights by Privilege ConfusionSteve Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-78930706104794759252012-12-11T19:01:50.669-06:002012-12-11T19:01:50.669-06:00Remember I wrote a post titled "Cycling is a ...Remember I wrote a post titled "Cycling is a Civil Right." However, it's not just the bugaboo of "big government" (Cue scary music). It's the evolution of transportation and the widespread acceptance by the majority of modes of transport that do not make them arrive sweaty and out of breath. Widespread along with this are their massively spreading asses from never getting out of breath and sweating, but the motor vehicle would have taken over in any case. If all motorways were toll roads we would still have to have a complete network serving all points for the non-motorized citizen, taxed accordingly to cover costs.<br /><br />Incidentally there is no health care mandate. It's a health insurance mandate, and that's what makes it unacceptable. Insurance in many ways is the opposite of care as insurance companies try to limit their liabilities by denying as much actual care as possible. There should either be single payer universal coverage or nothing at all.cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-10241612007031087302012-12-11T08:04:13.037-06:002012-12-11T08:04:13.037-06:00Great analysis, Steve. My perspective is that tra...Great analysis, Steve. My perspective is that travel is only one example among thousands (which isn't to imply it isn't fundamentally important). When we hand over responsibility, we trade it for tyranny. Ponderohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042079750126434523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-7791847831914786532012-12-09T21:13:34.779-06:002012-12-09T21:13:34.779-06:00I'll have to go back and take another look at ...I'll have to go back and take another look at that section in the Mionske book (Bicycling and the Law). I know he talked about the right of travel quite a bit. I do recall that he said that it's interstate travel that has been affirmed in the courts, with intrastate being implied--it's hard to imagine how you could go about interstate without the right to intrastate, logically.John Romeo Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289456379789026152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-20069771447816865012012-12-09T19:56:09.379-06:002012-12-09T19:56:09.379-06:00Nice post Steve! I have to re-read it and think ab...Nice post Steve! I have to re-read it and think about it for a while but well said for sure.recumbent conspiracy theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534820082655384780noreply@blogger.com