Incoming New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has declared, of the city's hansom cabs: “It’s over. We are going to quickly and aggressively move to make horse carriages no longer a part of the landscape in New York City. They are not humane. They are not appropriate to the year 2014.”
This has been part of a movement featuring support by such notables as Alec Baldwin and Miley Cyrus.
The last mayor was worried about sodas. This one apparently is a neo druid. Are there no real problems in New York City?
Would you British consider taking the city back?
News Item: Incoming New York Mayor vows to end hansom cabs
I listened to an interview with a driver. He came across as very professional when it came to himself, his customers, and his horse. He was decidedly NOT "slick." I also listened to Hizzhonor. He came across as a loud-mouthed schnook.
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First Uber Nanny Bloomberg and now de Blasio. What's up with NYC voters?wkambic wrote:I listened to an interview with a driver. He came across as very professional when it came to himself, his customers, and his horse. He was decidedly NOT "slick." I also listened to Hizzhonor. He came across as a loud-mouthed schnook.
This helps explain, I'll note, the odd tone that the NYT sometimes takes on things. Folks who read it occasionally might be surprised how it seems to truly think that the rest of the nation is waiting with baited breath on all things New York. That day's really long over and in terms of great American cities, there's lots of other contenders. For that matter, I strongly suspect that a lot of folks in Buffalo or Corning look at NYC and wonder "what the heck?"
I wonder if de Blasio will take out New York's mounted policemen as well? It'd be hard to regard hansom cabs as an evil and not regard mounted policeman that way as well.
The horse drawn conveyances referred to here don't seem to be Hansom cabs as we might know them from Victorian costume dramas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansom_cab.
In these cabs the driver sits behind the passengers.
The NY conveyances appear to be rather more like a carriage of some description?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansom_cab.
In these cabs the driver sits behind the passengers.
The NY conveyances appear to be rather more like a carriage of some description?
Are they cabriolets? (from which we get "cab"). Also, a term not used in the western US, that I have heard, is "hack": the common word for "taxi" in Boston; or, by extension, a taxi driver. "Hack" is a shortening of "hackney cabriolet": a rented carriage.Trooper wrote:The horse drawn conveyances referred to here don't seem to be Hansom cabs as we might know them from Victorian costume dramas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansom_cab.
In these cabs the driver sits behind the passengers.
The NY conveyances appear to be rather more like a carriage of some description?
Hizzhonor is not only loud-mouthed, he's also not very bright.Trooper wrote:The horse drawn conveyances referred to here don't seem to be Hansom cabs as we might know them from Victorian costume dramas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansom_cab.
In these cabs the driver sits behind the passengers.
The NY conveyances appear to be rather more like a carriage of some description?
Maybe he should read "The Wonderful One Horse Shay." http://www.legallanguage.com/resources/ ... ehossshay/
For the explanation just follow the money:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/201 ... e_ban.html
Not surprisingly, it has little to do with the horses' welfare.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/201 ... e_ban.html
Not surprisingly, it has little to do with the horses' welfare.
The carriage trade in Salt Lake also is weathering protests by PETA and their ilk. I heard a story on the radio on the way to work this morning. Apparently this is nothing new-a continuation of an ongoing campaign.Philip S wrote:For the explanation just follow the money:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/201 ... e_ban.html
Not surprisingly, it has little to do with the horses' welfare.
Friends of long standing here may recall that when we discussed this topic several years ago one of the drivers contributed some of her thoughts on the situation around the country. I wrote her several days ago and here is her response, some of which echoes the above article:
http://slcslavedriver.blogspot.com/
Scroll down to the end of her first story (Dry Erase Adventure) and click on the comments tab to read her take on it.