Comments on: Throwing Eggs at Cyclists

By: a_llusive

a_llusive — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:15:38 +0000

Given that I’ve had a pint glass hefted at me from across the High St early in the evening (a couple of years ago) and that a snowball nearly unseated me on a corner last year, I’m anti- even humorous encouragement of chucking things at cyclists (or motorists come to it).

By: Al-Bo

Al-Bo — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:52:14 +0000

The only thing you can possibly say in defence of such articles is that they might provoke debate. A few letters published in the paper might give a couple of people pause for thought. Unfortunately, the letters page is unlikely to be read by as many people as the original piece.

Newspaper columnists are paid to court controversy and don’t necessarily hold the positions they express quite as firmly as their articles would have you believe. That’s fine up to a point, but even the stupidest opinions have influence. This is why writers should think carefully about everything they say. Many don’t.

By: Wheezers2

Wheezers2 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:35:26 +0000

A poor little journo who finds themselves depised in society trying to deflect some of the disdain onto others, in this case cyclists.
Yawn……………………………………………..next!!!