Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zen Cycle Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:27:30 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 71 Message-ID: References: <1qbvvjlicmocd7rl859vlve22h6galrndg@4ax.com> <1jn00kl03kddk8rkhr3bnpabv7u5i9sout@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:27:31 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="268c854ea40a565bfcfa516f632a1e22"; logging-data="3418539"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+uBWv5NMLb6CVllg3VAtgrQhu+wc3PnWM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:aZq8RmVuu/Z/lY6RyyjL9AiUomk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4405 On 4/18/2025 12:03 PM, AMuzi wrote: > On 4/18/2025 10:17 AM, Zen Cycle wrote: >> On 4/17/2025 9:15 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>> On 4/17/2025 7:57 PM, zen cycle wrote: >>>> On 4/17/2025 8:17 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>> On 4/17/2025 6:05 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >>>>>> On 4/17/2025 6:01 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On that subject, today brings some helpful and hopeful news: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://apnews.com/article/rubio-disinformation- russia- china- >>>>>>> iran- d53d00551a0a57f3114431c624db0b0f >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Government censorship doesn't play well with me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hmm. So Vladimir gets to say anything he wants anytime he wants? >>>>>> >>>>>> I guess that's handy if he's on your election team. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> No one in USA controls what foreign heads of state say or don't >>>>> say. Or could, if they so wished. >>>>> >>>>> The Office of Disinformation was established to control US >>>>> citizens' and or organizations' speech, a clear and blatant 1st >>>>> Amendment violation. >>>>> >>>> >>>> yet we don't hear a peep from you about the government demanding >>>> library book bans in order to get gvt funding. >>> >>> Which only indicates you are not paying attention. >>> >>> I have consistently complained about it, excepting only prurient >>> materials for minor children. >>> >> >>   I remember conversations where you expressed support for removal of >> "prurient" materials. I don't recall you criticizing removal of >> reading materials in general, to the extent that you gave links for >> the purchase of used books for specific titles that were mentioned in >> this forum, which smacked of a rationalization (at best) of removing >> To Kill A Mockingbird was really no big deal since you could find it >> for $195 online. That isn't a condemnation of book banning in _my_ book. > > My point was merely that parents who wish their children to read > materials unavailable in the local public or school library are > perfectly free to acquire those books. For now.....Besides, that line of reasoning serves as rationalization for library book bans. > > Surprising to me, Ms Lee's work starts at $30 which is really high for a > once-very-popular paperback: > > https://www.alibris.com/booksearch? > mtype=B&keyword=to+kill+a+mocking+bird+harper+lee&hs.x=0&hs.y=0 > > More typical for similar works is 99 cents: > > https://www.alibris.com/The-Adventures-of-Huckleberry-Finn-Mark-Twain/ > book/146182?qsort=p&matches=4085 I just realized I typo'd my earlier response, $195 should have been $1.95 > -- Add xx to reply