tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post6936170728935550082..comments2024-01-15T14:14:40.035-05:00Comments on Citizen Rider: Driving While Intoxicatedcafiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-11050571811397317312011-10-26T18:25:11.655-05:002011-10-26T18:25:11.655-05:00Excellent post: You know for me it’s always been t...Excellent post: You know for me it’s always been the perspective that motororized transport leads to an anesthetization, a general disconnect with where one is at: case in point being all the little details that one notices while riding, like all the dead animals, shards of glass, noises, smells etc. <br /><br />I remember vividly one commute up in Alaska when the roads were carpeted with dragonflies (not to mention how they are one of the #1 predators of mosquitoes) and 99.9% of folks ensconced in their metal bubble are completely unaware of the incidental byproduct of their oblivious passage.<br />Same for watching powerboats while canoeing, and ATVs while out trekking the tundra. One week I was watching and listening to a pack of wolves singing on the hillside opposite me, and literally bumping into a herd of caribou around the corner of a rocky outcrop, and the next week, when hunting season had opened up (I had retraced the first portion of the hike to photograph some reference shots) all I could hear was the drone of engines and complaints of mighty hunters that there wasn’t any animals anymore.<br /><br />It *is* intoxication, and it’s abused more often than not these days. In light of the recent extinction of another species (Javan rhinoceros), and the ongoing “Occupy __________” protest, I’d say humans have definitely over-occupied more than enough of everything already.jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929486289400863627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-9880260699911698002011-10-05T06:22:05.920-05:002011-10-05T06:22:05.920-05:00If I were at hem, after reading this, I'd go w...If I were at hem, after reading this, I'd go work on the E type. Therapy...Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-43802927462969513072011-10-05T06:02:43.330-05:002011-10-05T06:02:43.330-05:00Rantwick -- Thanks for reminding me of this excell...Rantwick -- Thanks for reminding me of this excellent piece. I like how you slipped in the term "lay people." Also you said "wee hours" in a later comment. And I just said "piece." Egad.cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-46239053910833450992011-10-04T22:13:24.775-05:002011-10-04T22:13:24.775-05:00Agreed on all points! You could add to your list t...Agreed on all points! You could add to your list that it causes impotence...<br /><br />http://rantwick.blogspot.com/2005/08/rantwick-study-proves-driving-makes-you.htmlRANTWICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394479078513545568noreply@blogger.com