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Facebook refuses to pull page.
http://ow.ly/UsKx
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Facebook refuses to pull page.
http://ow.ly/UsKx
and now there is this:
http://www.facebook.com//photo.php?p...d=235515394023
sheesh. So FB: If you can't get rid of them, start a group!
It's disgusting, offensive and makes my blood boil; but I don't have to look at it.
I do not think a person of sound mind is going to see the group and think "hey, those guys have a point...I think I'll start on a personal vendetta against cyclists." However, I do think that people already inclined towards that type of azz-backwards thinking are going to seek out other like minded individuals. What the posters seem too ignorant to realize, is that they are not making anonymous statements. Their names, addresses, and in many cases, photos are there for all to see. If any of the offensive posters were to actually to harass or cause injury someone, wouldn't a previous statement like "my car is hard and i am not slowing down" show malicious intent? There are watchdog groups that take this very seriously...the offenders are just making their jobs easier by posting their feelings publicly.
Excellent points AllezGirl!
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Originally Posted by AllezGirl
It's kinda like the moron who set up a FB poll asking if my president should be killed or not :confused: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
I understand that the Secret Service may have showed up at his/her door :D As well as possibly the doors of anyone/everyone who voted "why, yes. I think he should be, that's a good idea!" :cool:
Yes, we have free speech in these United States but your right ends where my body begins. If you're advocating killing me or anyone else expect that to come up in the trial. Like if someone clipped or hit me on the road I'd be asking my lawyer to check their posts on FB etc. I'm not a "sue 'em all, let the courts sort it out" but if one of the participants causes harm to a cyclist and the page owner gets sued for rewarding/reinforcing/legitimizing such attitudes .... this could get very interesting.
I agree.. and there HAVE been legal cases (not necessarily related to cycling) where thoughts/comments posted to social networking sites have been used as evidence... honestly if was ever hit or something that's one of the first things I'd be asking to be investigated (of course I say that, and I was hit as a pedestrian a little over 10 years ago, and I just let it go, even though I probably shouldn't have, and if it were to happen today, I certainly wouldn't now.. but I'm not as naive to the world as I was then).Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
I think we ALL know people who will say to our faces "you know, I don't mind that YOU ride your bike, but I can't stand all of those other people who think they own the road" - it's very frustrating and 99% of those comments are based on ignorance and inconsideration. I hate admitting that I have people who say those things within my own family, but at the same time I don't see any them doing anything to try to harm a cyclist, even if they "don't" like them on the road. So I don't think that attitudes/comments always go along with actions.
I am often finding myself defending cyclists to my friends who don't ride. First of all, my non-cycling friends think that I am "crazy" for riding my bike (and even crazier for riding indoors on a trainer at 6:30AM on a sat in the winter). When I told one of my friends what route we took for a road ride a while back, her response was along the lines of: "but there is no bike lane there! . . . I always thought you might be one of THOSE cyclists. . . " Umm, I don't know what you mean. We abide by all traffic rules, stopping at all red lights, and ride as far to the right side of the road as is safe. As a driver, she is terrified of hitting a cyclists, b/c she doesn't know how she would live with herself if something happened. As a result she hates sharing the road.
I tell her that I appreciate that she is cautious when passing cyclists, but tell her that she is going to have to get over her fear - the cyclists certainly had to get over their fear of sharing the road with her!
I reported them.
I was disgusted when I saw the page...:mad: