A Perfect Response To The Recent Op-Ed In The Globe
Written by Boston Biker on Aug 20From time to time I like to highlight some of the many wonderful people that blog on BostonBiker.org (if you have not discovered them, see that list over in the upper left, check them out they are AWESOME!), recently JazzCycle wrote a fantastic responce to the recent very poorly thought out Boston globe Op-Ed piece. Here is a taste, read the rest here.
2. “I have a fantasy. I drive a hybrid, which means you can’t hear me coming. Normally I am very careful to be sure that people see me coming since they can’t hear my car. My fantasy is that I will ride silent, ride deep, right behind a cyclist. Then I’ll beep my horn, real loud.”
This is the one that gets me fuming. This women is out of her fucking mind. And the Globe should be ashamed of itself for publishing this. If the wrong person (and there are many) read this and try it, its called MURDER, if when you beep I get so startled I fall under your front end and you run me over. Yes I am taking this personally. How DARE you write something like this about another human being with out any knowledge of what the repercussions can be when you do something like this. Using your “hybrid” as a weapon because its silent and you can sneak up on someone? I believe if you did that and you killed a biker its going to be first degree murder, you know why, because it was pre-meditated. What would you think if I found out about something you liked to do (like walk a dog) and had all rights to do it, and I didn’t like it and found a way to kill you and wrote about it? The sheer irresponsibility of this is so amazing to me. The Globe should have to print a retraction of this and apologize to its readers, the biking community, the Mayor and every innocent child that’s going to love riding their bike and later on in life get scared off it because of crap like this. Every PARENT, MOTHER, BROTHER, HUSBAND, WIFE, CHILD, FAMILY MEMBER, FRIEND should be outraged by this.
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By Joe on Aug 20, 2009 | Reply
Rhetorical question: could the Globe get any less classy?
I’m having a hard time imagining how.
By Chris on Aug 20, 2009 | Reply
Yeah, I saw that – and it’s obvious BS. If the person really did drive a hybrid, they would KNOW that it isn’t silent – a hybrid makes the same noise as any other car. A hybrid is not the same as an electric car.
By gregor rohda on Aug 20, 2009 | Reply
I’m thinking that a boycott of the globe, and any media outlet that allows this irresponsible hate-editorializing, is called for. I know that the League of American Wheelmen recently organized a boycott of WCSX 94.7 FM due to comments of two of their DJs…. who knows how to organize something like this?
By Callie Durbrow on Aug 21, 2009 | Reply
Wow. People are so crazy. Chris good point about the hybrid too!