Moronic journalists and responses

eric.k-@kingdesign.com

2002-07-25

one of my favorite things in life are B grade (or worse) horror movies. why?

because they are so bad that they actually amuse me. Headstones falling

down, UFOs on fishing line and so many other obvious "special" effects. bad

journalist are the same. I just have to laugh and giggle at the bad product.



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From: dansilv-@attbi.com [mailto:dansilv-@attbi.com]

Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:02 PM

To: ob-@topica.com

Subject: [OBRA Chat] Moronic journalists and responses



One thing we all need to keep in mind is that

journalists (and columnists in particular) get paid lots

of money to "stir the pot". Once they find a group of

people with a thin shell, it's open season. By

responding to their nonsense, you are only giving them

more fuel; the more responses they receive from

cyclists, the worse they are going to get. I have a

feeling that in the wake of the Pittsburgh article and

now the Borges article, (and the thousands of responses

sent to the authors of said articles) there will be

plenty more anti-cycling columns written, since cyclists

seem to be a very easy target that can be easily riled

up. It wouldn't suprise me if these columnists had a

side bet amongst themselves to see which column

infuriated the most cyclists.



They're only trying to get a rise out of us, folks.

And, they've succeeded.



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dansilv-@attbi.com

2002-07-25

One thing we all need to keep in mind is that

journalists (and columnists in particular) get paid lots

of money to "stir the pot". Once they find a group of

people with a thin shell, it's open season. By

responding to their nonsense, you are only giving them

more fuel; the more responses they receive from

cyclists, the worse they are going to get. I have a

feeling that in the wake of the Pittsburgh article and

now the Borges article, (and the thousands of responses

sent to the authors of said articles) there will be

plenty more anti-cycling columns written, since cyclists

seem to be a very easy target that can be easily riled

up. It wouldn't suprise me if these columnists had a

side bet amongst themselves to see which column

infuriated the most cyclists.



They're only trying to get a rise out of us, folks.

And, they've succeeded.