I hope he gets caught
Giving cyclists a bad name
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Giving cyclists a bad name
by ge0rge » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:42 pm
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Re: Giving cyclists a bad name
by Phil H » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:23 pm
Well, yes I hope he gets caught too.
But this is one of the reasons I don't like the word "Cyclist". The media stories are always primarily about the perpetrator's mode of transport. When it's a cyclist. You never saw stories like "Van Driver Fred West ..." or "Pedestrian Peter Sutcliffe ...".
Maybe that's a bit extreme, but whenever one of these stories comes out about someone on a bicycle doing something bad then well all seem to be lumped in with it. This guy is a d*ck - and I'm not even going to make the "No true Scotsman" argument.
It's possible that I've been thinking about this sort of thing too much recently.
But this is one of the reasons I don't like the word "Cyclist". The media stories are always primarily about the perpetrator's mode of transport. When it's a cyclist. You never saw stories like "Van Driver Fred West ..." or "Pedestrian Peter Sutcliffe ...".
Maybe that's a bit extreme, but whenever one of these stories comes out about someone on a bicycle doing something bad then well all seem to be lumped in with it. This guy is a d*ck - and I'm not even going to make the "No true Scotsman" argument.
It's possible that I've been thinking about this sort of thing too much recently.
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