Why, filming someone beating someone to death! The film of the thugs beating the Chicago teen to death is horrific to watch. What’s more horrific, though, is that someone stood around and filmed it!
In the last episode of Seinfeld, Jerry & Co. were arrested after they watched a mugging, having violated a “Good Samaritan” law requiring rendering assistance when needed. Yes, I know, it was fiction. Yes, I know, it was comical. But, that was television, and this is reality. How in the hell could a person watch another person be murdered and not try to stop it? It was surreal! They should arrest whoever filmed it, and charge them with murder as well. After all, if that person had put down the damned camera and tried to help, perhaps that 16 year-old honor student would still be alive!
Another Reason Why Drivers Hate Bikes
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009They have one of the freeways around downtown Tulsa closed for reconstruction. Part of that reconstruction involves the removal and complete replacement of numerous bridge decks. When the contractor removes a bridge deck, they close the street below that deck so that debris and chunks of concrete do not fall on vehicles and people. Yes, it is inconvenient to have to detour several blocks, but my life is worth it. The roof of a car is no match for a falling chunk of concrete.
Imagine my surprise, then, to see a group of bicyclists riding through one of these closed down underpasses! Yes, they were wearing helmets, but if the roof of a car can’t stop falling debris, a bicycle helmet sure as hell won’t! Bicyclists constantly bitch and complain that motorists do not respect them, that bicycles are vehicles with just as much rights to the road as cars, and they should be given the same respect and courtesy. True enough; according to the motor vehicle laws, human-powered vehicles have the same rights and privileges as gasoline or diesel or electric powered ones. That is why it hacks me off so bad that bicyclists are so arrogant as to ride wherever they want, whenever they want, however they want. I can’t tell you how many bikes I’ve seen blow stop signs. And now to see a group of so-called “professional” bicyclists knowingly ride down a street that has been closed.
If you want to be treated like a car, then you must act like one, and follow the same rules and laws that cars must follow. If you are going to ignore motor vehicle laws, then motor vehicles will ignore you. It’s as simple as that!
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