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Tynan, I wrote this privately to Buffalo Bill, but I shall tell you here; the reason I have taken the action I did, is because he posted his notions on a business website. If it were a seperate blog, unconnected to a business, my response would have been different.
To make these comments and have people read them from a company website, gives the views a semblance of credance that it has not deserved. Private and public are different. No-one should feel that attaching a personal view in a blog, that is attached to a professional and respected business (I was contemplating buying a bike there) would escape a reaction.
I would not go running to the state for a trifling matter. I could have handled this myself, and it would have got very, very, very messy. You don't know me, but when I say messy, I do mean very bad. I chose to let others that have the will and power to do so, address the owner of the Velorution shop. It will be up to him how he handles that. The state will not protect me from his views, but protect others, and himself from them.
In all of my adult life, I've done without the help of others. This is the exception to that rule, and it saves me from making something that affects others, something personal to me. You are also entitled to your views on Diane Abbot, as I have no allegiance to her whatsoever.