All critical mass cunts should be attacked.
NYPD goon attacks cyclist
Seattle Critical Mass incident:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=seattle+critical+mass&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=4&ct=title
Demogorgon303 wrote:
It wasn't meant to be an answer to the question. I'm not sure I have one. I just get fed up of being nearly run over by cyclists every other week.But seriously, of course, assaults of this nature should be condemned.
ok, i see, fair enough. it just gets me mad when people on here seem to have more anger at their (admittedly often midguided) comrades, than their class oppressors (or accessories thereof).
Demogorgon303 wrote:
Cyclists are anarchists by nature it seems. Things like red lights, zebra crossings, one way streets, not riding on the pavement, etc. are just another form of authoritarian control.
critical mass are assholes because what they do is arrogant and makes the lives of workers, mostly, a little more stressful, esp. as the rides happen at friday rush hour. HOWEVER what they do is legal - a bicycle is a vehicle and has all the rights of the road a car does; it's out of common sense that they keep to the shoulder; the cops know when the critical mass ride is coming - and as a cyclist my entire life i know that it's a minority who act as described in the quote, altho' it's mighty annoying when they do. i have never been in a critical mass ride, and would never join one.
many of the yanks who used to post here have gone to another board on account of the pig ignorance displayed on this thread. perhaps when a striker has his head smashed into the concrete by a cop, yiz can make cracks about how strikers deserve it because they block the entrances to your favorite stores.
Newyawka, you're taking my comments a tad seriously. Nowhere did I say I condoned anyone being beaten up by the police. I was commenting on the amusing, in my view at least, idea of an anarchist cycling group given the very real anarchy on Britains roads!
It's become a real issue here, so much so some cyclists have even launched a campaign about it. Not to mention good ole David Cameron got caught on camera doing the wicked deed.
But it's not "pig ignorance", to point out that cyclists regularly break the rules of the road. Nearly every cyclist I see on my morning walk to work does it. Every day, I see them cycling along the footpath I use that is clearly traffic-signed "no cycling". I've lost count of the number of times I've been nearly run over by cyclists who cycle down this path with a "no cycle" traffic sign, as well as where they've ignored zebra crossings, or ridden on the pavement. Only this week I saw one cyclist nearly knock down a granny because he wasn't looking at the crossing because he was texting on his phone! Three weeks ago, I was nearly run down myself by some fucktard riding down a steep hill on the pavement - he was probably doing 30 mph, given the fact he was moving faster than the cars! It was only luck that I managed to get out the way in time. That's why this little story didn't surprise me.
That's not to say I don't have some sympathy with cyclists. The road system in Britain is not designed to cope with them and I can even understand why they run red lights in some circumstances. The problem is that this danger is transfered to the pedestrian, who no-one seems to give two shits about!
Jess wrote:
The union is always right, and so am I. I can't think of many things more selfish, obnoxious and stupid than Critical Mass.
That's cos you're a dull contrarian Jack clone. Go join http://www.spiked-online.com/ or something. Anyway that article says
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The charges against Long, of Bloomfield, N.J., will likely be dropped and Pogan will almost surely be fired, police sources said.
A related incident occured in Seattle last week - s driver was in a hurry ("Get out of my way - I have reservations!") and ran over several CM cyclists, after which (allegedly) his car was attacked and he was beaten up. He's not being charged but the cyclists are.
Demogorgon303 wrote:
Newyawka, you're taking my comments a tad seriously.
well yes, yes i am
Demogorgon303 wrote:
But it's not "pig ignorance", to point out that cyclists regularly break the rules of the road.
nor did i suggest that pointing out cyclist carelessness is being pig-ignorant (but remember, critical mass doesn't break the rules of the road). i'm sure you know that that comment of mine was directed elsewhere.
When an out of control cop assaults an innocent victim and continues to assualt the downed cyclist without restraint. At what point should the bystanders intervene to stop the continuing beating of an innocent citizen? In other words when a cop freaks out and does bodily harm to an innocent person, well who polices the police. Or are we to standby till the officr kills the citizen?
At an Austin demonstration a few years ago, I witnessed an anarchist kid getting repeatedly tazed for no reason...then his little brother jumped on the cop's back in an attempt to restrain him. Luckily all of this was caught on tape so the charges were dropped.
That being said, we didn't end the war...but we did seriously inconvenience a lot of working people on their way home! I suppose you take your victories where you can get them.
video, from NYTimes. the handi-cam is your friend.