• Mountaineer@aussie.zone
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    11 months ago

    No, I’m saying it’s weird to ask everyone to care more about someone’s health and safety than that person does.

    Now do “provocatively dressed women are asking to be raped…”

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      11 months ago

      There’s a difference between what is fair and what is common sense. If I had a daughter I would love to tell her she should go wherever she wants, whenever she wants, alone or drunk.

      In practice I’m sure I’ll temper that message with some sad but realistic advice about having a friend on the phone while in the cab and never accepting drinks from strangers.

      Motorcycle riders choose to put themselves in a much much more vulnerable state, so they have to be more aware and more vigilant. In an ideal world everyone is paying attention and awake and sober on the road, reality is different and I won’t be betting my life on everyone around me driving correctly while riding a petrol tank strapped to a motor.

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        11 months ago

        This is the nuance that givesomefucks failed to express.
        Long term motorcyclists are aware of the choice they have made.
        That doesn’t abrogate other drivers of their own responsibility.