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To: Scrapps who wrote (66671)	1/17/2003 11:15:46 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

Get real! I've been editing flat out and they are different posts, replying to me, which is fine in Jihad. So, Ha, Ha, Ha to you!! Mqurice PS: You should see the sneaky Hula which has been added to Team New Zealand's America's Cup boat below the waterline. Oracle is out and now it's down to Alinghi [skippered by another Kiwi, Chris Dickson - so again it's heads we win, tails we win]. Meanwhile, because it's so cool and will be an instrument of USA foreign policy enabling bulk transport of people at good speeds around crowded cities, the Segway msnbc.com [Thanks Carl for pointing that out] As always, with something new, Luddites, with the imagination of a brick, say STOP. This is obviously far more dangerous than a bicycle, skateboard or driving a car at 100 kph in the opposite direction to trucks travelling in the opposite direction on two lane roads. < Until the company figures that one out, it seems to be placing its hopes on selling to the cash-strapped local governments that have dissed the vehicle as a potential hazard. In December, San Francisco banned it, while Sacramento, Santa Cruz, and other California cities are considering similar action. Some big states, including Massachusetts, New York, and Texas, have yet to make the scooter legal on their sidewalks. And though its top speed is 12 mph, pending legislation elsewhere would restrict it to 7 mph.> Another victimless crime = riding a Segway on a sidewalk. Where's freedom? Down with cripples who can't walk. They should stay home and watch tv.