Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 20933205)

You need to work on your reading comprehension. Take a look back. It's right there.

Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike (Post 20933200)

The OP did not project on to others from his incident or generalize or repeat stereotypical BS about anybody who was not a direct participant in the incident.

Let us expand on the proper way to report bicycling incidents on BF.

If for example, I/you/someone posted "Three white middle-aged dudes wearing cowboy hats and tattoos a pickup truck threw beer cans at me and called me vulgar names" or "A suburban soccer mom in an SUV cut me off and called me vulgar names as she blew the horn at me."

What would you bet that the upstanding citizens of BF would NOT get immediately bent out of shape and hijack the thread with moralizing about the irrelevance of specifying, the race, age, or appearance of the perpetrators, or the type of vehicle etc.?

There are numerous posts on BF that include ranting all sorts of derogatory and insulting generalizations and stereotypes concerning the mental processes and anti-social behavior of pickup truck drivers, SUV drivers, soccer moms, non-urban residents and almost anybody who uses a motor vehicle instead of, or in the vicinity of bicyclists.

Don't recall seeing much instant heartburn of the PC types over such posts.

Originally Posted by livedarklions (Post 20933227)

Y'know why you don't recall it? Because the closest I've ever seen to that sort of identification on these forums is people saying derogatory things about the drivers of pickup trucks, and as I recall, a whole bunch of people went all kinds of crazy about cultural stereotyping. And I'm pretty sure those complaints weren't from the people YOU would describe as "PC types."

Originally Posted by rumrunn6 (Post 20933180)

what to do now is one thing. what to do next time is another. I'd report it to the police

when I see suspicious punks on a remote trail like that I speed up & stare them down. 230 lbs, plus bike, traveling at approx 26 mph, is nothing to mess with. as I get closer, I pick a line to avoid them, but narrow trails don't offer much room. in the past they have always let me by. if they move to block me, I'm taking one or more of them down with me & then we're gonna play. hard. I also carry bear spray

if were you, I would avoid that trail for a cpl weeks until those punks get into other trouble

oh, and turning around & passing the same punks again was a mistake

Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike (Post 20933237)

I have no doubt that the people I would describe as overly sensitive "PC types" on BF have no issue with, or complaints about the cultural stereotyping of people who don't share their own "cultural" profile.

Originally Posted by texaspandj (Post 20933234)

Posting their/or any race doesn't make you a racist, but if race isnt important no need to state it. I have no problem with you stating race provided you do it to every bad encounter. However, Ultimately when you ONLY state race in a bad experience you're further pushing that race as Bad. And therefore making people like you even more scared of that race. No wonder you were frightened.


In the future try not to be such a p***y and perhaps this won't happen to you again.

Originally Posted by livedarklions (Post 20933277)

Least fun thread ever.

Originally Posted by OBoile (Post 20933282)

This thread just makes me remember how lucky I am to be living in a place that isn't so driven by fear and paranoia.

Originally Posted by livedarklions (Post 20932976)

Fair enough. We disagree (just a little) and I appreciate how civil you're being about it. Some in this thread could probably take a lesson from that.

Originally Posted by livedarklions (Post 20933285)

Where's that?

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 20933253)

My bad. Seems a post didn't make it through or not totally.

You wrote:

"I have found that people who occupy your position are indeed the Racists with their Patronizing Attitude. (Emphasis added.)

I tried to ask "Which race(s) am I prejudice towards?"

Originally Posted by OBoile (Post 20933282)

This thread just makes me remember how lucky I am to be living in a place that isn't so driven by fear and paranoia.

Originally Posted by mjac (Post 20933249)

I basically do the same thing and one of them laid a shoulder into me the other day and then this happened. It it is an up and back bike path. The only way to get back. Can't ride on Hayne Blvd. You would get killed.

Originally Posted by OBoile (Post 20933293)

Toronto.
It has never once crossed my mind that I might be assaulted on a bike path, or that I should have to carry a weapon. Or, that because there is some video of a guy shooting someone a few years ago, crime is "out of control". To me, that all just seems insane.

Originally Posted by OBoile (Post 20933293)

Toronto.
It has never once crossed my mind that I might be assaulted on a bike path, or that I should have to carry a weapon. Or, that because there is some video of a guy shooting someone a few years ago, crime is "out of control". To me, that all just seems insane.

Originally Posted by OBoile (Post 20933293)

Toronto.
It has never once crossed my mind that I might be assaulted on a bike path, or that I should have to carry a weapon. Or, that because there is some video of a guy shooting someone a few years ago, crime is "out of control". To me, that all just seems insane.

Originally Posted by OBoile (Post 20933293)

Toronto.
It has never once crossed my mind that I might be assaulted on a bike path, or that I should have to carry a weapon. Or, that because there is some video of a guy shooting someone a few years ago, crime is "out of control". To me, that all just seems insane.

Originally Posted by bruce19 (Post 20933317)

Sorry. Don't know why it double posted.

Originally Posted by bruce19 (Post 20933313)

I felt the same until a friend was threatened by a guy with a gun. And, then this same perp shot and killed someone. For those who ask , "But what are the chances?" I ask..."do you buy lottery tickets?" When I was involved in developing tests for recruits to the CT State Police Academy there was a thing called the "critical incident." You might be a State Trooper for 30 years and never draw your firearm but if you had to, you better know when it was appropriate and what to do. I never carried until this came close to home.