tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post2002937668848098222..comments2023-08-18T11:40:19.852-06:00Comments on Los Alamos and Santa Fe Bikes: If you think bicyclists are harassed.....try this Indian woman's storyScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105951751896463667noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-16834871535352662282013-01-01T12:35:05.139-07:002013-01-01T12:35:05.139-07:00Agree, Ian. The similarities abound, although rape...Agree, Ian. The similarities abound, although rape and chauvinism in India makes what I face as a cyclist in Los Alamos pale into insignificance. <br /><br />Unfortunately, it is these ferocious incidents, whether a road rage leading to a death or severe injury (i.e., the Mandeville Canyon incident and others like it) or this woman's story that wake us up to how badly the status quo needs to change.<br /><br />My wife's family is from Uttar Pradesh and actually, she has a lot of family still living there. She often told me that the status of women in India was less than wonderful. No kidding.Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-76385675726940673322013-01-01T10:34:37.139-07:002013-01-01T10:34:37.139-07:00Unfortunately, I agree with Ian on this one. It is...Unfortunately, I agree with Ian on this one. It isn't about the victim or his/her real or imagined offenses, nor about the weapons...Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-83577931207690912872013-01-01T05:20:16.589-07:002013-01-01T05:20:16.589-07:00Although the degree of harassment varies widely fr...Although the degree of harassment varies widely from case to case, the roots of harassment are always the same: ignorance, fear of the 'outgroup' and a resulting unwillingness of society or its guardians (the police) to take the problem seriously.<br /><br />These issues combined to kill the Indian student last week, and they are what we cyclists face too - and the results for us can be just as frightening, just as deadly and just as frustrating, when road rage rules the road, when it leads to murder and when police and the courts treat it as an unavoidable accident - as so often happens.Ian Brett Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11144195897514392433noreply@blogger.com