I think his fault of the reader bit was a joke...

And SF has hit the nail on the head! Too much of this political doom talking is depressing! Yes, we're in the throws of a possible double dip recession and a global financial crisis, but the fact is we're lucky to live in the western world. We're here because the majoritiy of us have motorbikes and use them for pleasure. There are billions of people in the world who have never experience pleasure!

Life isn't all bad we've just gotten used to 15 years of prosperity when we didn't earn it