On Jul 17, 3:56*am, JNugent wrote:
KingOfTheApes wrote:
Let's see what happened in the jungle today...
Ohio Cancer Survivor Shot and Killed Bicycling to Work
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
FoxNews
A cancer survivor bicycling to work for the first time to save on gas
was shot and killed, according to Toledo police.
Police Capt. Ray Carroll said 46-year-old David Babcock was seen on a
street having a heated argument with another man before he was shot
around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.
"(There were) two people arguing, yelling at each other, then the gun
shots went off," said Carroll. "We were given just a vague description
(of the suspect)."
Babcock was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
The coroner said Babcock took a bullet to the face that caused massive
bleeding and hampered his breathing.

"Hampered his breathing"?

To say the least, clearly.

Witnesses told police they saw a suspect run down a street in the
mostly residential neighborhood.

"Run down the street"...

Not, you motice: "drove away down the street" (see below).





The shooter took a ring of keys from Babcock, according to MYFOX
Toledo.
No arrests have been made. Authorities don't know the motive for the
shooting.
Babcock survived surgery to remove a brain tumor 13 years ago. His
fiancée, Rene Long, said he had put lights on his bike and wore a
reflective vest so he would be safe on his inaugural, 8-mile ride to
his job at Fresh Products Inc., a maker of air fresheners.
"I was so proud of him. He couldn't wait to ride it to work. That was
his first day of riding it to work," Long said.
Are we drawing any lessons from this? I'd draw this lesson, IF YOU
DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE OF BUDDHA AND THE GUN OF JOHN WAYNE, STAY
HOME. I've got neither.

These are points to bear in mind...
Too many guns out there.

That's there. Not here (though there may well be too many here as well).

Too much road rage.
Too little respect for cyclists.
Too many reckless drivers.
Too many indifferent policemen, authorities, etc.

There might be (in both countries), but there's nowt above to lead you
to that view - you'd have to arrive at it independently of the report of
the instant case.

Was there any evidence at all that the incident had anything to do with
bikes, road rage, cars or indifferent policemen? How do we know that the
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I'm just using case "X" to prove that it's a jungle out there, but I
could use the Google News search and find many more.

But it's not what happens to you (it almost happened to me recently
with a "vigilante" blowing the horn to let me know to walk the bike on
the sidewalk of a bridge), it's that people live in FEAR of taking a
chance on a bike when they can do it in a cage. This accounts for the
ridiculous low % of people (.4%) who dare to commute by bike.

What I propose is that we fight this form of discrimination in an
ORGANIZED WAY. Otherwise we will keep being food for the sharks.

The organization is done around WEARABLE BANNERS, aka T-Shirts.

http://webspawner.com/users/bikeforpeace