Hilarious.
About this judgement thing.
I am not squeaky clean on the green front (or any other front fo that matter). I didn't use 'real' nappies, because I found disposable were more convenient - aka i am too lazy and disorganised to have used real. That is the truth. Real would have been better, and in the context of nappy use only, I have no argument with a real nappy user who has a view about my laziness and disorganisation, and makes the judgement that it would have been more responsible of me (for the future of my kids and others) to have used real.
Same with cars. I never owned a car until I was 40. I could have managed DS on the bus, but it was more convenient for me to get a car. It IS a selfish, lazy and disorganised way to live - in London - and I see no point in arging with a bike/public transport user, like Gdine, if she calls me lazy, disorganised and selfish. In terms of car use, she would be right.
A real nappy user or a non-car user wouldn't necessarily be making judgements about me in a wider sense - they have no idea whether I am nice to old people, give to charity, smoke or secretly put sugar in the salt pots in cafes I visit. But since, unlike using reins, dummies or being a homosexual, my choice DOES impact on their world, they have a right to make a judgement about my disposabal and car use. And I don't feel the ned to tell them they have their facts wrong, or that their judgement is like racism!
People have repeatedly said that it depends on the context, that it is urban drivers who can't control the damn things, and who do have an attitude that are the probelm, that of course individual drivers may or may not be responsible, but the fact remains that very many 4x4s on the road are uneccesary in a practical sense, and many (not Skribbles saintmobile, obviously) are more dangerous than ordinary cars.
And the fact is that my friend has still not regained consciousness, and the bone trauma specialist says that had she been hit by an ordianry car her injuris would not have been severe.
Accidents happen, I feel sorry for the driver in many ways because hitting somoen must be the worst feeling. And if we are honest, there are moments where we have all had luck on our side and not caused an accident. But driving something that much more dangerous than an ordinary car, and in a city? I'm thinking, about that driver, come on then, lets hear your justification.