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Stabbed in the head with his own bike seat.
On 13/04/2017 17:28, JNugent wrote:
On 13/04/2017 16:23, MrCheerful wrote: On 13/04/2017 11:32, JNugent wrote: On 12/04/2017 08:27, MrCheerful wrote: On 12/04/2017 00:56, JNugent wrote: On 11/04/2017 18:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: JNugent wrote: On 11/04/2017 12:17, MrCheerful wrote: Never ever throw your cycle-weapon at a gang of attackers, just cycle away quickly. http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co....m_in_the_head/ Maybe. But the (admittedly sketchy) report details lead the story in another direction, I'd say. The gentleman in question surely has the right to go about his business in peace and without molestation by a gang of teenagers? Of course. But: "He told them to go away and leave him alone. He warned them that if they came near him he would throw his bike at them". "The 39-year-old was attacked by a violent mob of around 10 teenagers as he rode his bike along Whitchurch Way in Halton Lodge". If the cyclist had more than two brain cells he would have got the hell out of Dodge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFFrsvgu1Y I suspect that the sentence "If the cyclist had more than two brain cells he would have got the hell out of Dodge" contains more than a kernel of truth. But being ESN or autistic is not to be deserving of assault. Perhaps vehicle users should be given some sort of test/licencing before being allowed out on their vehicles, that might weed out some of those mentally unsuitable applicants. The story shouts out that the cyclist is a harmless person, maybe not quite the full shilling, who was going about his own business and harming no-one when he was confronted by a gang of yobs (unfortunately, not an unusual thing to happen in 2017 Britain). He reacted in a certain way (perhaps even a little over-influenced by what he knew of militant chav-cyclists and their antics as reported and depicted on YouTube, etc) because he was frightened (as most people might be in such a situation). Nothing the victim did justified the confrontation in the first place, let alone the cowardly attack by the ten-strong gang with the grievous bodily harm they inflicted on him. What makes you think they would not do the same to a pedestrian in sinilar circumstances? Or to a driver who'd just locked up his car? I think that many people would react violently if someone threw their bicycle at them. Or if they were first the object of an assault. Unfortunately there is only one side of the story, the div. on a bike may have been swearing at them in the first place, prompting the whole sorry tale, there may well be previous incidents. I have seen mentally disabled people get very aggressive and loud, in fact right out of their prams, over imagined or minor slights or incidents. That would not be a good reason for a mob of thugs to assauklt oir threaten him. He may not have acted after the wisest. But perhaps he was working within his personal limitations (which are vaguely hinted at in the report). Many people might panic when faced with a gang of ten yobs. The more obvious point is that the gang of yobs had no business confronting him and assaulting* him in the first place. [* "Assault" meaning - whether intentionally or recklessly - causing another person to apprehend immediate and personal violence. He must have been terrified.] Then surely he would have ridden away on his viable transport? Not stopped and started mouthing off and throwing his best means of escape at them. |
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Stabbed in the head with his own bike seat.
On 13/04/2017 18:57, MrCheerful wrote:
On 13/04/2017 17:28, JNugent wrote: On 13/04/2017 16:23, MrCheerful wrote: On 13/04/2017 11:32, JNugent wrote: On 12/04/2017 08:27, MrCheerful wrote: On 12/04/2017 00:56, JNugent wrote: On 11/04/2017 18:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: JNugent wrote: On 11/04/2017 12:17, MrCheerful wrote: Never ever throw your cycle-weapon at a gang of attackers, just cycle away quickly. http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co....m_in_the_head/ Maybe. But the (admittedly sketchy) report details lead the story in another direction, I'd say. The gentleman in question surely has the right to go about his business in peace and without molestation by a gang of teenagers? Of course. But: "He told them to go away and leave him alone. He warned them that if they came near him he would throw his bike at them". "The 39-year-old was attacked by a violent mob of around 10 teenagers as he rode his bike along Whitchurch Way in Halton Lodge". If the cyclist had more than two brain cells he would have got the hell out of Dodge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFFrsvgu1Y I suspect that the sentence "If the cyclist had more than two brain cells he would have got the hell out of Dodge" contains more than a kernel of truth. But being ESN or autistic is not to be deserving of assault. Perhaps vehicle users should be given some sort of test/licencing before being allowed out on their vehicles, that might weed out some of those mentally unsuitable applicants. The story shouts out that the cyclist is a harmless person, maybe not quite the full shilling, who was going about his own business and harming no-one when he was confronted by a gang of yobs (unfortunately, not an unusual thing to happen in 2017 Britain). He reacted in a certain way (perhaps even a little over-influenced by what he knew of militant chav-cyclists and their antics as reported and depicted on YouTube, etc) because he was frightened (as most people might be in such a situation). Nothing the victim did justified the confrontation in the first place, let alone the cowardly attack by the ten-strong gang with the grievous bodily harm they inflicted on him. What makes you think they would not do the same to a pedestrian in sinilar circumstances? Or to a driver who'd just locked up his car? I think that many people would react violently if someone threw their bicycle at them. Or if they were first the object of an assault. Unfortunately there is only one side of the story, the div. on a bike may have been swearing at them in the first place, prompting the whole sorry tale, there may well be previous incidents. I have seen mentally disabled people get very aggressive and loud, in fact right out of their prams, over imagined or minor slights or incidents. That would not be a good reason for a mob of thugs to assauklt oir threaten him. He may not have acted after the wisest. But perhaps he was working within his personal limitations (which are vaguely hinted at in the report). Many people might panic when faced with a gang of ten yobs. The more obvious point is that the gang of yobs had no business confronting him and assaulting* him in the first place. [* "Assault" meaning - whether intentionally or recklessly - causing another person to apprehend immediate and personal violence. He must have been terrified.] Then surely he would have ridden away on his viable transport? Not stopped and started mouthing off and throwing his best means of escape at them. Maybe, maybe not. It doesn't give the yobs the right to attempt to murder him. Or to assault / injure him in any way. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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