The Times says Mail bomber suspect is a cyclist...wait for it...duck!

[Buck]

On 2007-02-21 11:54:46 +0000, "fred2" <[email protected]> said:

>
> "WibbleWobble" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Just seen the front page of tomorrows Times on TV... oh please! This'll
>> go
>> down well with White Van Man and related morons.
>>
>> I'll put the stabilisers on the bike just in case....
>>
>>
>
> Letter in reply - found in today's TIMES
> Sir, If I wasn’t so busy putting on my waterproofs, finding my lights and
> pumping up a flat tyre, I would write and complain about the slur against
> cyclists in your front-page headline (“Man held over letter bomb is a
> cyclist”, Feb 20).
>
> Whatever next? Because David Cameron cycles, we’re all cannabis users?
>
> Fred

Just relax and have a spliff dude...
--
Three wheels good, two wheels ok

www.catrike.co.uk

 

[Theo Markettos]

David Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote:
> Perhaps he's only a cyclist because he has had his license taken off
> him, hence the attack on the DVLA.

Well, he lives in Cambridge. Where someone who never, ever cycles is in
something of a minority...

Theo

 

[Matt B]

Martin Dann wrote:
> fred2 wrote:
>
>> Letter in reply - found in today's TIMES
>> Sir, If I wasn’t so busy putting on my waterproofs, finding my lights
>> and pumping up a flat tyre, I would write and complain about the slur
>> against cyclists in your front-page headline (“Man held over letter
>> bomb is a cyclist”, Feb 20).
>>
>> Whatever next? Because David Cameron cycles, we’re all cannabis users?
>
> Online at:
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/debate/letters/article1414976.ece
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/ypcd8d

And the single "have your say" comment puts it into perspective - I'd say.

--
Matt B

 

[Martin Dann]

Matt B wrote:
> Martin Dann wrote:
>> fred2 wrote:
>>
>>> Letter in reply - found in today's TIMES
>>> Sir, If I wasn’t so busy putting on my waterproofs, finding my lights
>>> and pumping up a flat tyre, I would write and complain about the slur
>>> against cyclists in your front-page headline (“Man held over letter
>>> bomb is a cyclist”, Feb 20).
>>>
>>> Whatever next? Because David Cameron cycles, we’re all cannabis users?
>>
>> Online at:
>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/debate/letters/article1414976.ece
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/ypcd8d
>
> And the single "have your say" comment puts it into perspective - I'd say.

"
I was interested to see this letter in the same edition as the Comment
piece on cycling. Cycling gives you extra life, keeps you fit and
active, saves money on transport , and stops you getting fat. Its as
convenient as a car for most journeys and helps to reduce pollution so
it saves the planet as well. Cycling makes you feel better as well both
physically and mentally. It could be a panacea for all our ills. The
problem is that the vast majority do not want cyclists to be right and
its always difficult for the person who is proved to be right. In this
country the person who turns out to be right is expected to apologise
for being so. Not me. I am just happy to stay alive for longer and watch
my contemporaries fall off the twig at appallingly young ages. I am an
eco-warrior and proud to be so. Keep taking the mickey all you fatties
and i'll have the last laugh."

Brian Dalton, Purley,


Strange you agreeing with a comment like the above.

Martin.

 

[Matt B]

Martin Dann wrote:
> Matt B wrote:
>> Martin Dann wrote:
>>> fred2 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Letter in reply - found in today's TIMES
>>>> Sir, If I wasn’t so busy putting on my waterproofs, finding my
>>>> lights and pumping up a flat tyre, I would write and complain about
>>>> the slur against cyclists in your front-page headline (“Man held
>>>> over letter bomb is a cyclist”, Feb 20).
>>>>
>>>> Whatever next? Because David Cameron cycles, we’re all cannabis users?
>>>
>>> Online at:
>>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/debate/letters/article1414976.ece
>>>
>>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/ypcd8d
>>
>> And the single "have your say" comment puts it into perspective - I'd
>> say.
>
> "
> I was interested to see this letter in the same edition as the Comment
> piece on cycling. Cycling gives you extra life, keeps you fit and
> active, saves money on transport , and stops you getting fat. Its as
> convenient as a car for most journeys and helps to reduce pollution so
> it saves the planet as well. Cycling makes you feel better as well both
> physically and mentally. It could be a panacea for all our ills. The
> problem is that the vast majority do not want cyclists to be right and
> its always difficult for the person who is proved to be right. In this
> country the person who turns out to be right is expected to apologise
> for being so. Not me. I am just happy to stay alive for longer and watch
> my contemporaries fall off the twig at appallingly young ages. I am an
> eco-warrior and proud to be so. Keep taking the mickey all you fatties
> and i'll have the last laugh."
>
> Strange you agreeing with a comment like the above.

Why?

Although the "single comment" does seem to change periodically. Just
now it was: "Yesterday's front page of The Times newspaper read, “Man
held over letter bombings is a cyclist” did make me think. It made me
realise why it is I stopped buying The Times - thank you"

--
Matt B

 

[John Hearns]

WibbleWobble wrote:
>
> Very odd - I'm referring to the newspaper image posted online, I haven't
> seen the actual print copy.
> Still, cyclist = terrorist. Obvious really. Panniers are the new rucksacks.
>
Errr... a real bomb WAS planted in panniers, in Brighton.

 

[Rob Morley]

In article <[email protected]>, John
Hearns
[email protected] says...
> WibbleWobble wrote:
> >
> > Very odd - I'm referring to the newspaper image posted online, I haven't
> > seen the actual print copy.
> > Still, cyclist = terrorist. Obvious really. Panniers are the new rucksacks.
> >
> Errr... a real bomb WAS planted in panniers, in Brighton.
>
I once left my bike locked in the centre of Coventry while I did a bit
of shopping. On my return I found a couple of concerned-looking
squaddies observing it from a distance - turns out they were running a
recruiting day and I'd parked behind their mobile exhibition thingy.
The look of relief on their faces as I unlocked it and rode away was
something to behold.

 

[David Hansen]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:36:34 +0000 someone who may be John Hearns
<[email protected]> wrote this:-

>> Still, cyclist = terrorist. Obvious really. Panniers are the new rucksacks.
>>
>Errr... a real bomb WAS planted in panniers, in Brighton.

Rather more than one bomb has been planted in motor vehicles.
However, the mass media don't paint as motorists as "terrorists".


--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

 

[spindrift]

On 23 Feb, 09:00, David Hansen <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:36:34 +0000 someone who may be John Hearns
> <[email protected]> wrote this:-
>
> >> Still, cyclist = terrorist. Obvious really. Panniers are the new rucksacks.
>
> >Errr... a real bomb WAS planted in panniers, in Brighton.
>
> Rather more than one bomb has been planted in motor vehicles.
> However, the mass media don't paint as motorists as "terrorists".
>
> --
> David Hansen, Edinburgh
> I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
> http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

Having read The Times article I am shocked and would like to apologise
on behalf of all cyclists.


Next week in the same paper:

"LORRY DRIVERS. WHY DO THEY KEEP KILLING PROSTITUTES WITH HAMMERS?"