As I continue to experience the fundamental lack of civility in El Paso Texas--the non-stop noise of pounding stereos in cars and in houses, dogs with their screeching barks, and the sheer aggressiveness and indifference of drivers toward pedestrians, I am always heartened to find that someone is aware of the general problem, even if their acknowledgment is made very much in passing, as below:
Bicycles and motor-cars can be lumped together because they have the same basic function, but there are differences between them which are interesting from certain points of view (the bicycle is thermodynamically more efficient than the car, is less destructive of people and environment and community and so on).
(added emphasis, Michael Taylor, Community, Anarchy & Liberty (Cambridge UP 1982), p.p. 7-8)
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