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...hence my assertion re the Media colluding with Government to demonize certain sections of Society so that no-one gives a damn when new legislation is brought in virtually unopposed to victimize them!
Everyone is so self-absorbed today that George Orwell's Big Brother society has been imposed upon us almost without a murmur of unease!
We have been brain washed to live in fear of 'everything' around us! At the same time, no-one notices what is ACTUALLY going on around them, so long as they can continue to fool themselves that it isn't affecting them!
Everyone these days has been encouraged to absolve themselves of all personal responsibility and become wholly reliant upon 'The State' to do everything for them: no-one seems to be able to think for themselves any longer, hence the ease with which they accept any and every total bollocks it suits Government to impose upon us!
Demonizing cyclists conveniently helps distract everyone from what is REALLY going on: like the total erosion of every civil liberty and privilege our forebears fought two World Wars to preserve!
The days of the 'Ting, Ting!' of a cyclists bell evoking a Utopian mental impression of idyllic summer days, without a care in the world, so long as you're home in time for tea, have long since been replaced by a Pavlovian "GRRRRRRRR!! F*CK*NG CYCLISTS!!"
Now THAT'S a rant!