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jeff
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:45 am Reply with quote
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The minivan was full of kids on their way home from a birthday party, they had never experienced CM before.

This is the kind of irresponsible shit that ruins a good cause.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/04/BAGF7P12RN23.DTL

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henry
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:54 am Reply with quote
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Some kid is felt really badass for about 20 minutes after he smashed that window though.

Fuck you, CAR!!

Frustrating to say the least.

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Joe
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:19 pm Reply with quote
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Some dickwads think that asserting their rights=denying the rights of others or that it means they have license to engage in property destruction/vandalism. I've seen it happen during CM; it happens alot during protests, too, and it really pisses me off b/c it totally delegitimizes any constructive civil disobedience that's going on. Plus it gives the mouthbreathers some real ammunition.

Fuck.
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pete jr
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:22 pm Reply with quote
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i agree with everything above. Not that I'm a perfect angel, but everyone's seen the track set kids that just fuck with any car that gets near, and that's not so cool.

anarchy doesn't really scale well..
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the dreaded ben
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:43 pm Reply with quote
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was it a douche bag move? yep, gandhi would not be pleased.

but you know that story is about as straight as henry while he nobs your dong.
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jeff
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:51 pm Reply with quote
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the dreaded ben wrote:
was it a douche bag move? yep, gandhi would not be pleased.

but you know that story is about as straight as henry while he nobs your dong.


Now that he "fixed" his tooth, service has been shoddy.
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henry
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:00 pm Reply with quote
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jeff wrote:


Now that he "fixed" his tooth, service has been shoddy.


you did enjoy a nice smooth entrance through that little tooth hole didn't you jeff?

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jeff
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:04 pm Reply with quote
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henry wrote:
jeff wrote:


Now that he "fixed" his tooth, service has been shoddy.


you did enjoy a nice smooth entrance through that little tooth hole didn't you jeff?


I'll admit, it was a nice touch.
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margaret
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:18 pm Reply with quote
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i hate you people.
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derrickito
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:47 pm Reply with quote
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margaret wrote:
you people.


you're gonna get ross per0wned
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margaret
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:14 pm Reply with quote
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fuck.
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Aaron
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:15 pm Reply with quote
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margaret wrote:
fuck.


potty mouth!

Not that there is anything wrong with that.....
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rlotz
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:07 pm Reply with quote
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Another, rather different opinion of what happened at SF CM from Commute by Bike:

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...According to people who were there (unlike Matier and Ross), Susan Ferrando swerved her van into the cyclists (which, by 9 p.m., dwindles down to about a dozen riders), knocking one of cyclists off of his bike. Instead of the benign tap “reported” by Matier & Ross, the bike ended up smashed underneath the van. While the cyclists called 911 to report the criminal assault, Ms. Ferrando attempted to flee the scene of her crime. That’s when the cyclists surround the van to stop her until police arrive. While they waited, one idiot broke out her window. The police declined to arrest Ms. Ferrando...
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dude
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:40 pm Reply with quote
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so basically we don't know what the fuck happened. we have two groups of people who lie to cover their asses telling the retarded media what happened. everybody is fucked. let's drink some beer.
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TrikerTrev
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:48 am Reply with quote
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dude wrote:
so basically we don't know what the fuck happened. we have two groups of people who lie to cover their asses telling the retarded media what happened. everybody is fucked. let's drink some beer.


WORD!!! He said, she said, do goodie-goodie BULLSHIT.
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adpowers
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:57 pm Reply with quote
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crazy carlady wrote:
She said the car -- carrying herself, her husband and five children -- was suddenly surrounded by bikers who pounding on the vehicle, and that one person eventually threw a bike through the rear window, shattering it.


The way this was written makes it sound like she was just passively being driven around by the car. The original editorial was extremely fishy. The bike response wasn't 100% believable, but from what I've seen drivers do at CM, is closer to the truth.

SF Chronicle wrote:
What happens in certain circumstances like this is the bicycle community, the bike advocates, do themselves a remarkable disservice when they allow bad actors to come in and break the law in an aggressive manner," Newsom said. "I would encourage the bike coalition to come up and say, 'Hey, we won't put up with this. Enough is enough.' "


Yeah, just like drivers come out and denounce reckless driving or assaults on bicyclists by other drivers. My ass. I've seen what people talk about on the PI forums and they are encouraging vehicular assault towards bicyclists.

Fuck cars.
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joeball
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:59 pm Reply with quote
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adpowers wrote:

Fuck cars.


Don't forget, cars are like guns, they don't kill people by themselves.
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derrickito
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:00 pm Reply with quote
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joeball wrote:


Don't forget, cars are like guns, they don't kill people by themselves.


http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/38820

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margaret
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:05 am Reply with quote
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http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/04/demonizing_bicyclists_1.html
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