When insensitivity can kill

• the Bear

  2 Apr 06, 00:15

  yah. must say again
  
  

  Originally posted by browniebaobao:

  hahaha.. u alrd saw tat day wor.

• mancha

  2 Apr 06, 00:39

  That's the reason our effort at being a gracious society progressess at the rate of two steps forward, one and a half step backwards.
  
  The grand daughter is comming up gracious?
• the Bear

  2 Apr 06, 00:40

  but to abandon the journey towards graciousness would be worse...
  
  i hope to heck she would be better than her granddad..
• hyperactivechatterbox

  2 Apr 06, 08:23

  I agree that the cyclist was very rude to say such things, but then cyclists don't have places to cycle much either. It isn't always we get bicycle roads, and then the law states that cyclists ARE allowed to cycle on paedestian (sp?) roads. The vehicle roads are dangerous, the cars beep at you like siao, then the paedestrains also complain and scold. Where to cycle, huh?
• Kenashi

  2 Apr 06, 09:02

  Originally posted by hyperactivechatterbox:

  I agree that the cyclist was very rude to say such things, but then cyclists don't have places to cycle much either. It isn't always we get bicycle roads, and then the law states that cyclists ARE allowed to cycle on paedestian (sp?) roads. The vehicle roads are dangerous, the cars beep at you like siao, then the paedestrains also complain and scold. Where to cycle, huh?

  wrong, u get a fine of $20 if u cycle on the pavement.
  cyclists should keep to the road or cycling tracks.
  I am also a cyclist, just have to keep yr eyes open.
  
  
• av98m

  2 Apr 06, 11:49

  Originally posted by hyperactivechatterbox:

  I agree that the cyclist was very rude to say such things, but then cyclists don't have places to cycle much either. It isn't always we get bicycle roads, and then the law states that cyclists ARE allowed to cycle on paedestian (sp?) roads. The vehicle roads are dangerous, the cars beep at you like siao, then the paedestrains also complain and scold. Where to cycle, huh?

  Pedestrians ahould have right of way on pavements, since they are on foot. Some idiot cyclists I've encountered will keep ringing their stupid bell even after you move to one side of the pavement, expecting you to step onto the grass or the road to let them pass. I usually pretend I never hear them.
  
  Pedestrians HAVE been seriously injured by cyclists before. I even know one that ended up hospitalised for 2 weeks because the fucking cyclist rammed straight into her from behind...on the fucking pavement! So I'm all for a ban on cyclists on pavements. If they must cycle, take their chances on the main road, or walk.
• SGpork

  2 Apr 06, 11:52

  aww...
  
  bad..so bad..
  
  
• SGpork

  2 Apr 06, 11:54

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i wonder... if i would have turned to the granddaughter and said "xiao mei mei, ni you zhe yang de gonggong, zhen dao mei"
  
  coz it's the first thing i thought of... and being after a DnD, i'd have alcohol coursing through my veins and pickling my self-restraint to have done it

  
  
  first time see bear type in hanyu..
  
  
• SGpork

  2 Apr 06, 11:55

  Originally posted by FBI:

  if i am u i would beat him
  

  beat him cant slove the problem
  furthermore
  a old man.. u beat him?
  
• thinkdifferent

  2 Apr 06, 19:06

  The cyclist will learn his lesson whe he becomes deaf mute or disabled in some other way or someone from his family (I really don't wish that to happen).
• stellazio

  3 Apr 06, 00:35

  heng is not an auntie..
  
  damn do i have problems with them in the mrt everyday..
• SingaporeMacross

  3 Apr 06, 00:43

  another generation corrupted by their parents...
  
  let us teach our children well.
• Redblood

  3 Apr 06, 02:12

  has any of us gone thru a period of our lives being like that cyclist ? ?
• shinta

  3 Apr 06, 09:34

  oh shyt... i cycle on pavements...
  
  but i dun ring my bell de... lazy.. i'd slow down until i'm pushin my bike with my legs... until they're out of my way...
• mancha

  5 Apr 06, 23:51

  Cycling on the pavement is an act of survival. That we all agree. And we are understanding.
  
  That old man, has no tolerance for a deaf woman.
  And that is witnessed by her granddaughter.
  
  Lets hope that when the old man kicks the bucket, he does not leave a similar legacy behind.
  
  At present our society has more that are ungracious than there are gracious ones. I hope the proportion would be reversed in future, soon.
• ahtansh

  6 Apr 06, 10:38

  Cycling is one thing... Did you encounter before, motorcyclist riding on pavement and still dare to horn for pedestrian to "siam"...