Blackbeard

I find your view very seductive. It would resolve many issues with regard to doping in professional sports.

You should see it if only for the performance of Christoph Waltz. Brad Pitt is hysterical.

I find it is the very fact that violence is so over the top that makes it emotionally neutral. One cannot take it seriously. The manga/anime like portrayal of the fight scenes and the absurd volumes of blood have to be viewed within the context of the genre. The aftermath of the sword fight is like a Jackson Pollock or Hieronymus Bosch.

pulp fiction and inglourious basterds are hysterically funny. I enjoy the work of both QT and Robert Rodriquez.

did anyone ever hear Saachi complain about ride quality? Was he looking for Art in all the wrong places?

We talk of being a community and looking after each other, but juveniles seek to score humour points.

Ask your mother to explain.

So you check out my profile to decide whether you have the balls to respond. You are a legend!

Your ignorance does not equate to humour.

Obtuse twats.

I have had very good service from GC.

Now would be the appropriate time to repost all those pictures of our finest in blue sleeping in the charge offices.

Glad you are okay.

Kandui's proposed solution is to occupy the mountain ie. use it as a viable resource in greater numbers, not vigilantism. More people on the mountain gives any number of bandits, whether armed or not, less opportunity to attack individuals or small groups. To equate a call for larger numbers on the mountain to riders acting as security patrols does not follow logically. The only training required is to be able to cycle, walk or run with a cell phone. We all know how to use those devices. I do not believe that a call to vigilantism can be read into his post.

Well said! Sad day indeed! You can count on my support.

Thank you.

Yeah, I know. Was going for a bit of a lag with the nice bit.

Sorry. To follow 'Dale's example. And to be nice. Better?

You may well be right. I will do my part by not being a d*ck on my bike. I invite others to join me.

To follow 'Dale's example and to be nice.

I will not deny the considerable and widespread resistance from many motorists towards cyclists in general. Bizarrely, my wife often expresses anti-cyclist sentiment (well, to me when I am in the car with her), but I think her attitude arises out of a feeling of insecurity and fear caused by cyclists eg. aggressive riding on the narrow Bantry Bay roads, etc. The situation is exacerbated by the fact that may cyclists act aggressively towards women drivers, for example slapping the roof of the vehicle when they slow down to turn thereby messing that all important training ride. This has happened to my wife many time before and I have witnessed it personally with others while I am out cycling. I think that a petition or demonstration will cause a backlash from the very people we would seek to appease. It is often better to change perceptions through example than through confrontation. Blend and flow. Cyclists, particularly race snake roadies, are by definition A type personalities so you are going to get a high percentage of anal wombats.

I tend to think that the public in general would be able to correctly view this as an isolated incident concerning the parties involved. The antipathy of many motorists towards cyclists in general did not arise out of this incident although many may throw it out as justification for their erroneous views. I also think we should pick our battles. There are many important issues such as road accidents, hijackings and rider safety. At public demonstration or petition on this issue will merely bring it to the forefront when most people (ie. motorists) have already forgotten about it. It leaves a bad taste, but its best to move on. We should also avoid trying to force others to do what we as a collective view as right. We should not force the Club to do anything. The Club reputation will be tarnished for a long time through their association with these people and their inaction.

It is as simple as the prosecutor advising the Magistrate that the charges are withdrawn and requesting that the matter be removed from the roll. There would be no application of the juristic mind.

Hunting season has just opened...

^_^ If you feel strongly about it, you can always ask the NPA for a certificate nolle prosequi and prosecute them yourself. ...but you might need a lawyer for that ...and its going to cost you