Grateful to Angus Willson for the tip-off to this particular quote and article by Simon Jenkins.
Just came across it while researching ideas for some writing I'm doing today...
Of all human activities that bring out the selfish in mankind, nothing compares with travel. The externalities of travel economics should be on every school curriculum. We see mobility through our own eyes alone, with no view of the similar demands of others. I am a free and independent spirit innocently enjoying the right to roam; you are a travel-mad lemming who thinks he has a God-given right to tarmac, train or plane just when I am there. Get out of my way.
It dates back to the winter travel chaos of last January - wondering whether there will be similar issues this year...
Just came across it while researching ideas for some writing I'm doing today...
Of all human activities that bring out the selfish in mankind, nothing compares with travel. The externalities of travel economics should be on every school curriculum. We see mobility through our own eyes alone, with no view of the similar demands of others. I am a free and independent spirit innocently enjoying the right to roam; you are a travel-mad lemming who thinks he has a God-given right to tarmac, train or plane just when I am there. Get out of my way.
It dates back to the winter travel chaos of last January - wondering whether there will be similar issues this year...
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