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> (edit: thanks for the downvotes, folks. you're definitely changing my mind on this issue.) You're getting downvotes because you managed to completely miss th

• cema 12y ago
  But personal experience affects decisions people make. Sharing it is useful.
• timr 12y ago
  This is from the guy whose other comment on this thread is a personal opinion/theory? [1] Let's be honest: you don't have a problem with opinions, you just don't happen to like mine. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7999941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7999941
  • Mithaldu 12y ago
    The difference is that i noted from the get-go that my post is a theory, which, as theories go, is implicitly understood to maybe be right or maybe be wrong. Take care to note for example how i marked which statements i made were either fact or hear-say. Now the article, which freely admitted that there are black sheep on both sides and that there are certainly situations where bikers are MORE likely to break the law than others, merely tried to make the point that the, often unreflected, demonization (not all criticism, the demonization) is undeserved and that the situation would be better for everyone if people simply thought a bit more. Your comment on that? "I had some trouble with bikers who broke the laws, so some criticism is deserved." The latter part of that was already a sentiment in the article, and the entirety of that is what the article tried to point out as thoughtlessness.