NSOH?
Hundreds of people have complained to the press watchdog about a newspaper column which they claimed encouraged the beheading of cyclists. The Press Complaints Commission has had 200 objections to comments by The Times columnist and former MP Matthew Parris.
Eh? Why are people getting so hot under the collar - all he did was write ...
A festive custom we could do worse than foster would be stringing piano wire across country lanes to decapitate cyclists. It’s not just the Lycra, though Heaven knows this atrocity alone should be a capital offence; nor the helmets, though these ludicrous items of headgear are designed to protect the only part of a cyclist that is not usefully employed; nor the self-righteousness, though a small band of sports cyclists on winter’s morning emits more of that than a cathedral at evensong; nor even the brutish disregard for all other road users, though the lynching of a cyclist by a mob of mothers with pushchairs would be a joy to witness.
I for one don’t want to see cyclists decapitated, however I would like to see every single one of them that thinks that they can jump red lights or cycle down pavements … I would like to see every one of those crushed under the wheels of a passing bus if for no other reason than blood will show up nicely on those florescent yellow jackets that they all insist on wearing.
At what point does riding a bicycle excuse you from the provisions of the Road Traffic Acts & the Highway Code. Come to think of it, decapitation might not be such a bad idea!
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Agreed but I would like it to have taken less than 2 years for the pathetic met plod to bring the taxi driver to court for hit and run and then lose the paperwork useless c*nts. I got my bike paid for but only because he was scared of losing his license. I feel a reloading session coming on!
Posted by: TimC | January 3, 2008 9:49 PM
TimC on a bike?
I'm rarely lost for words!
DS solution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN-j9H0nIDs
Posted by: EX_STAB | January 3, 2008 11:11 PM
I would have thought that the Brits, of all people, should know the difference between hate speech and hyperbole.
The Englishman's little rant about putting the Traitor Heath's head on a pike comes to mind... although in The Englishman's case, I'm not so sure that was hyperbole, and if I were the Plod, I'd mount a guard on the old queer's tomb.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | January 4, 2008 3:29 PM
...not that "mounting a Guard" is something Heath would have known much about, of course.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | January 4, 2008 3:30 PM
Boom Boom!
Posted by: John K | January 4, 2008 5:35 PM
Damn, I missed that rant about Ted the red, so far Ive not met anyone else who has seen through the fat queer bastard, I remember him on the news in the 60s saying anyone who believes the EU is other than a trading club must be stupid then just before he went to hell he said that anyone who thought the EU was meant to be anything other than a political union must be stupid. so was he killed by a thunderbolt?
As for weatherspoons, they have spent a lot of money here in cornwall, and it is great going in to a pub and enjoying food and drink without the ghastly smoke.
Posted by: Chris Edwards | January 6, 2008 10:00 PM