Road warriors Online photos of a driver scuffling with a cyclist sparked a heated debate between MICHAEL VALPY and MARGARET WENTE this week. Two wheels good, four wheels bad? Or is it the other way around?
4th Feb 2006, 11:25 GMT
Peggy,I'll begin with the intellectual honesty Globe readers demand of us: This event we're riffing off -- the much-talked-about Kensington Market altercation -- has nothing to do with motorist vs. cyclist hostility. It's a dispute over littering between two people (the skirmish was sparked by the driver throwing a sandwich out his window), one of whom appears to get off on hitting women and both of whom would benefit from anger-management therapy. The bike courier wasn't even riding her bike when it began.
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