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You're telling me to relax about it, but you admit yourself you don't know what you're talking about because all you've done is lurk for a few years. So you admit you're coming at this from a position of ignorance.
Banning gears is more effective, because it stops people forgetting to ride considerately. If they're fixed, they can only go down the hills as fast as they can spin, which in the case of most people who ride gears all the time, isn't very fast. John's problem was with people coming down the outside on descents too fast and too close. If everyone was fixed this problem would be solved. Period.