glueman wrote:David, those attacks are coming from you but you can't or won't see it. I made it clear that lifestyle choices should be left to the individual so long as they don't push them down other people's throats. I know people who ride recumbent bicycles and are vegetarian, I hope they do it because they enjoy their choices, not because it lends them faux individuality.
Now stop seeing conflict where none exists and engage in the debate at a level beyond victim status.
"A typical recumbent riders reply if I may say so David, lots of outrage and misplaced defensiveness. Their riders look like John Cleese doing the Ministry of Silly Walks too."
The above is what you wrote in another thread to me.
Yes, I have a choice, but why do you insist on labeling me and others like this? No need for it at all, and it is offensive.
I raised labels in this thread because labels are a lot of the problems we have these days. Being vegi means I do get asked why a lot, and it also means when out, I must check what is suitable every time almost.....
and being a recumbent rider means I pedal on a bike/trike in what I think is a far better position. It provides no insight in to anything, and does not provide me with any sort of sheep mentality as you suggest in the quoted text.
You and most others use labels badly, IMHO. Get rid of the labels and start to think about individual communication instead.
As soon as you label someone, or a group, as being X, there is no longer any point in communicating a POV. Such labeling says you are not open to discussion as anything said is likely viewed as "A typical (label name) reply" response like you gave me, and that goes nowhere.
BTW- I am NEVER a victim!!! I just don't think you are being nice and I have no desire to get in to a fight.