Passenger of SUV blocking bike lane throws liquid on cyclists - The Chainlink2024-03-28T16:50:14Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/passenger-of-suv-blocking-bike-lane-throws-liquid-on-cyclists?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A1118605&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI would have kicked this guy…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-25:2211490:Comment:11192252019-03-25T16:43:20.440ZErnesto Lubehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ErnestoLube
<p>I would have kicked this guy on the balls so hard. </p>
<p>I would have kicked this guy on the balls so hard. </p> Sametag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-25:2211490:Comment:11192222019-03-25T16:40:04.809ZErnesto Lubehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ErnestoLube
<p>Same</p>
<p>Same</p> I concur. I stand with mike w…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-22:2211490:Comment:11193392019-03-22T18:13:59.613ZTom A.K.https://thechainlink.org/profile/TomKrystyn
<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">I concur. I stand with mike w. and Jennifer. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">I concur. I stand with mike w. and Jennifer. </span></p> And that's the origin of thes…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-22:2211490:Comment:11193362019-03-22T17:44:29.912ZAnne Althttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Anne91
<p>And that's the origin of these comments about certain German made cars - observations about the behavior of a significant portion of their overly entitled drivers.</p>
<p>And that's the origin of these comments about certain German made cars - observations about the behavior of a significant portion of their overly entitled drivers.</p> THIS^^
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tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-22:2211490:Comment:11191022019-03-22T17:42:33.998Zmike w.https://thechainlink.org/profile/mikew
<p>THIS^^</p>
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<p>THIS^^</p>
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<p></p> Amen, the CPD needs to step u…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-22:2211490:Comment:11190012019-03-22T17:28:25.009ZV Whttps://thechainlink.org/profile/vincentwaller
<p>Amen, the CPD needs to step up their game.</p>
<p>Amen, the CPD needs to step up their game.</p> Let's look at the story as pr…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-22:2211490:Comment:11191842019-03-22T16:09:03.726Zmike w.https://thechainlink.org/profile/mikew
<p>Let's look at the story as presented:</p>
<p>a cyclist stopped in front of a car in the bike lane and snapped a photo of it. The passenger got out and "got in (the) face (of)" and exchanged heated words with the cyclist before getting back into the car.</p>
<p>At the next light, the passenger threw a "fluid" at the rider, who chased the passenger back into the car. The rider then stood in front of the car, and was nearly run down by the driver.</p>
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<p>One commenter asked why the…</p>
<p>Let's look at the story as presented:</p>
<p>a cyclist stopped in front of a car in the bike lane and snapped a photo of it. The passenger got out and "got in (the) face (of)" and exchanged heated words with the cyclist before getting back into the car.</p>
<p>At the next light, the passenger threw a "fluid" at the rider, who chased the passenger back into the car. The rider then stood in front of the car, and was nearly run down by the driver.</p>
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<p>One commenter asked why the police could not identify the driver & the car, given the pictures. A valid question IMHO.</p>
<p>i commented that the rider was lucky the people in the car weren't armed (i used the slang term "packing heat.")</p>
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<p>For those comments, we have been accused of racism.</p>
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<p>i assert that i would have made those same comments <em>absent any photos</em> of the persons involved. Unfortunately for myself and the other commenter, as it turns out there were posted photos and the persons in the photos are apparently not "white."</p>
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<p>To put another perspective on this, i'll add that <strong><em>perhaps the people in the car were lucky that the rider was not armed.</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>An anecdote:</em></strong></p>
<p>Many years ago, i was driving on Chicago avenue when the guy in the car behind me decided i was driving too slow and swung over the centre line, cutting me off closely and brake-checking me.</p>
<p>As i began to chase him down the street. my girlfriend in the seat next to me touched my arm and said,"You don't know what he has under his seat!"</p>
<p> i backed off and <em>never</em> forgot that admonitinon.</p>
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<p>In today's society, with today's concealed carry laws, minor disputes can quickly escalate and become terminal. People get maimed or killed for next-to-no reason every day.</p>
<p> ( Actually, a homicidal driver doesn't really need a firearm to kill us. All they need to do is to run us over and tell any cop that they "didn't see us" or we "came out of nowhere." At most, they'll get a slap on the wrist.)</p>
<p> Now, i do not know the "race" of the cyclist; nor the other commenter; nor you, Mr Hofstad, nor do i particularly care. You seem to have made assumptions as to my "race" and motives. You also appear to have a burr under your saddle about "coded language" -i cannot help you with any of that. i do understand about coded language as anyone with half a brain can detect in the first five minutes of any speech by the POTUS. i wasn't using code, i was using plain direct simple English. <strong>My fault lies in not making it more clear that <em>all</em> the parties concerned in the above confrontation were lucky that no one was armed.</strong></p>
<p>Beyond your somewhat off-point perseverations regarding the Kardashians, social media,etc, and your list of offensive terms (all validly offensive terms i'll grant), you have basically called me a "troll," implied that i am playing "sanctimonious and dumb" and stated that i am an "unabashed" "racist." Well, thank you for that, because now i have a better idea of whom and what i'm dealing with here. Your assumptions about my character are breathtakingly wrong.</p>
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<p> The whole point of my comment about the OP's post was that <strong>people sometimes die in pointless confrontations.</strong> i will grant that it wasn't as articulate as it might have been, but i stand by it. Sorry you missed it.</p>
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<p>End of message. Peace. Out.</p>
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<p></p> No, clp, you have not been ta…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-22:2211490:Comment:11189942019-03-22T15:57:11.895Zcurt(is) lockehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/curtismyers
<p>No, clp, you have not been tagged a "troll" because you take opposing views but because your behavior has been trolly. STOP THE INSANITY!</p>
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<p>No, clp, you have not been tagged a "troll" because you take opposing views but because your behavior has been trolly. STOP THE INSANITY!</p>
<p></p> Er, pay is bad. My bad.
tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-22:2211490:Comment:11190982019-03-22T15:55:24.752Zcurt(is) lockehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/curtismyers
<p>Er, pay <strong>is</strong> bad. My bad.</p>
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<p>Er, pay <strong>is</strong> bad. My bad.</p>
<p></p> Cooper, for some reason you s…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-22:2211490:Comment:11193142019-03-22T15:40:05.102ZDavid P.https://thechainlink.org/profile/DavidAPertuz
<p>Cooper, for some reason you see these people in the photos as African-American first and then everything else after that. The OP, however, sees these people as people who initiated a violent confrontation and, in a legal sense, assaulted them. This behavior is the quality of these people that is relevant to their experience and the discussion, and their behavior is what was reported to the police and what has been discussed here. </p>
<p>Cooper, for some reason you see these people in the photos as African-American first and then everything else after that. The OP, however, sees these people as people who initiated a violent confrontation and, in a legal sense, assaulted them. This behavior is the quality of these people that is relevant to their experience and the discussion, and their behavior is what was reported to the police and what has been discussed here. </p>