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“Most shocking, there is a child on the back of one of the motorcycles. When was the last time you saw that?” The writer is only talking to his friends. The co
by leephillips 6y ago
“Most shocking, there is a child on the back of one of the motorcycles. When was the last time you saw that?”
The writer is only talking to his friends. The comparatively small group of people who happen to share his privileged corner of the world. Because I see that every day, and so do most people.
As to the book: I read it many (many!) years ago, relenting after being hounded to do so by a couple of friends who assured me of its depth and importance.
Of course I could have missed something. And some of its ruminations on craftsmanship were interesting. But, on the whole, I found it to be a quasi-mystical, obscurantist, facile, waste of time.
- NikolaeVarius 6y agoI also found that comment so strange. Its still common in Asia, I used to do it all the time myself. Just hold on tightly
- dublin 6y agoAnd what, exactly is wrong with a child on the back of a motorcycle? That's part of how I learned to ride, and on top of that, we all rode up to the ranch just sitting in the back of Dad's pickup on countless weekends to ride motorcycles - where we could (gasp) hit rocks and trees if we screwed up! Amazingly, not only did no one die, no one was ever injured beyond cuts, scrapes and bruises. I would not trade the experience for safety in a thousand years. (BTW, riding a motorcycle in traffic is a whole different kind of danger...)