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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:49:15 -0400
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:29:48 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:42:31 -0400, Frank Krygowski
><frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>On 4/21/2025 5:14 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>> On 4/21/2025 12:43 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>> On 4/21/2025 1:26 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>> On 4/21/2025 12:22 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:01:48 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>>>>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 4/21/2025 7:44 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>>>>>>> ...I, a tourist, had
>>>>>>>> to explain to taxi drivers that I wanted to go where there were no
>>>>>>>> tourists. Unfortunately, that resulted in some late night walks back
>>>>>>>> to the boat. I would not do that again in today's world.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SO much fear!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Really? So, at your age, you'd be perfectly happy to walk, alone at
>>>>>> night, through unfamiliar neighborhoods in a foreign country?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you answer "yes," you're either a liar or a moron.
>>>>>
>>>>> +1
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.azfamily.com/2025/04/19/man-rips-victims-eye- out-random- 
>>>>> attack-east-phoenix/
>>>>
>>>> That's a typical response from you, Andrew. You found _one_ scary 
>>>> story, out of how many peaceful, unremarkable nighttime walks every 
>>>> day around the world? You can't really be pretending that incident is 
>>>> representative of the actual level of risk! How many attacks per 
>>>> million nighttime walks do you think actually occur?
>>>>
>>>> That's aside from the fact that the timid tricyclist specified 
>>>> "foreign country." But Phoenix is in _this_ country. I'm pretty sure 
>>>> the foreign countries that I've visited have all been shown to be 
>>>> safer, on average, than America.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> That was in the morning news, one of several similar across the nation 
>>> this weekend. As usual.
>>> 
>>> https://www.aol.com/news/alabama-dad-jacob-couch-dies-050914741.html? 
>>> guccounter=1
>>> 
>>> https://cwbchicago.com/2025/04/man-gets-4-years-for-shooting-younger- 
>>> brother-he-was-tired-of.html
>>> 
>>> https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/brute-who-hit-ny-post-reporter- 
>>> still-on-lam-after-double-stab/
>>
>>Yes, and you're digging back into events that happened as much as four 
>>years ago.
>>
>>If you dig deeply enough, you can find many thousands of such stories. 
>>What you're ignoring is the denominator - the 300+ million people in 
>>America, almost all of whom made it through the weekend with no assault, 
>>no trauma at all.
>>
>>You're pretending the half-a-handful of scary stories you managed to 
>>dredge up by internet search are the norm. They are not, and pretending 
>>they are common just adds to the paranoia and fear of the timid crowd.
>>
>>It's as silly as the former Safe Kids Inc. advice: "No child under age 
>>10 should be allowed to cross a street alone" or "No child should play 
>>outside without adult supervision."
>
>So now Frank has appointed himself  the arbitrator of posts to this
>site and what each writer  will be allowed to post and what will be
>forbidden.
>
>All I can say is "Fuck You Frank" and as for me you can go away as
>your posts will no longer appear on my computer.
>
>As for as Mr. Muzi, just keep posting as you have in the past as I,
>for one, have always enjoyed your posts and hope to enjoy then in the
>future.

If you block Krygowski, you'll miss all the entertainment he provides.
I see him as very much like a small child saying nonsense stuff in
order to get noticed. He's forever in a "hey everyone, look at me,"
mode. 

Try not to take him so seriously....   

--
C'est bon
Soloman