Cyclist raging after trucker breaks word

[slowpoke]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20081125113824388C102454

 

 

and another cyclist has been badly injured in Cape Town!!!!!

 

strongs to Steve Ryan.

 

i hope the trucker drives into a solid concrete wall or off the edge of a cliff. b@stard.

 

[intern]

That's swak. I am in CT at the moment and am just about to go for a ride out of Hout Bay. Like slowpoke said, strongs to Steve.

[Captain Slow]

Speedy Recovery Steve!!

[Willehond]

It's amazing that each time a traffic spokesman talks about an accident involving cyclists they mention ten things cyclists must do and maybe one for motorists.  Shows you the general attitude of authorities  towards cyclists!  Then again, how many cyclists actually do any of these things?

 

"Merle Lourens, traffic services spokesperson, said cyclists should ride single-file, stop at red lights, use hand signals and wear bright clothing.

Motorists should respect cyclists and make space for them."

[hot stuff]

speedy recovery steve , glad ur here to tell the tale

[Tumbleweed]

not good to hear, but perhaps this thread's title is not quite accurate? "cyclist raging?"? that's hardly the way i read the story.

 

"It's a total disrespect of human life. It puts the realisation in your head that it can happen to anyone," said Ryan?appealed for any motorists who witnessed the accident or noticed the truck's registration number to contact the Muizenberg police.

 

hardly "raging"? projection, slowpoke?

[slowpoke]

HR - that is the headline used on IOL and not my words - go read the link

 

ie it's the words of a journalist such as yourself

 

 

[Tumbleweed]

HR - that is the headline used on IOL and not my words - go read the link

 

ie it's the words of a journalist such as yourself

 

 

 

all journalists share a mindset?

 

any right-minded person - at the risk of sounding twee, such as yourself - would, after a reading of the story, ponder how appropriate or misleading the headline is.

[Tumbleweed]

and, if you bothered to read my post, it's clear i did follow the link.

[Danger Dassie]

Theres a difference between tabloid reporters and proper journalism .. IMO danger dassie2008-11-26 00:02:27

[Tumbleweed]

Theres a difference between tabloid reporters and proper journalism .. IMO

 

not to mention their readershipie, those who get taken in by the headlines

[slowpoke]

it is common practice here to simply use the headline in the "mainstream" media (eg news24 or iol) as the topic and then include the link to the article and that is what occured here. no "taken in by the headlines" etc - simple copy and paste.

 

now go play with your pink feather boa in a corner with your little supporters int he chit chat section of the forum instead of attempting to incite a flame war. i'm tired of your pathetic little attitude, which i know has resulted in certain other people already leaving the hub.

[Hog_]

I read "Cyclist raging after trucker breaks wind" 

 

Hope the cyclist recovers fully and quickly though, and that the trucker gets a deserving  bitch-slap from karma.

 

 

 

[Slave]

I'll get the popcorn.

[Tumbleweed]

it is common practice here to simply use the headline in the "mainstream" media (eg news24 or iol) as the topic and then include the link to the article and that is what occured here. no "taken in by the headlines" etc - simple copy and paste.

 

it is common practice? and commonality makes something right? well' date=' sorry if i am breaking some indistinct code of practice, but it's not something i do. and it's not something i think level-headed people would do. but, as i'm learning, this is something you clearly are not. i don't, like is clearly evident from your quote below, resort to personal attacks. and i don't, like you display, allow anger to colour my judgement.  

 

 

now go play with your pink feather boa in a corner with your little supporters int he chit chat section of the forum instead of attempting to incite a flame war. i'm tired of your pathetic little attitude, which i know has resulted in certain other people already leaving the hub.

 

"pathetic little attitude"? once again, i'll ask, is this projection? as on the "severed leg" thread, you displayed this trait for all to see. when you were corrected by myself, you labelled me "childish". try tackle the issue and not the person, slowpoke?if you can stretch yourself that far. i doubt you can.

 

i'm sorry if you believe you should be accorded some special respect because of how long you have been a member of this forum. if you can't ask for it any other way, i would suggest some soul-searching on your part. 

[Mudsimus]

 

 

now go play with your pink feather boa in a corner with your little supporters int he chit chat section

 

HR take my hand....lets go. They dont want us to play with them...