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Being run over is like breaking a leg in a rugby scrum

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  • Started 13 years ago by Wilmington's Cow
  • Latest reply from thebikechain

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  1. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Had to read this twice before I could quite believe it was being said. On a story mentioned by Laidback about the young kid hit by a running car yesterday, breaking his leg.

    "Really? What is the basis for this certainty of yours? [not sure what this is referring toI noticed at least two motorcycle police have been canvassing passers by at the accident spot and wonder what this is costing us. At the end of the day, it's a simple broken leg. I wonder if there would be all this hoohaa if it had happened in a rugby scrum..."

    So there you have it. It's just a broken leg. No different than someone being hurt playing rugby.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Same commenter: "Since when has a simple break to the tibia and fibula been considered "serious"? Also, though I don't condone the driver leaving the scene, we don't know anything about the accident. In fact, I'm "struggling to understand" all the fuss here"

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. chdot
    Admin

    And?

    This is serial 'controversialist' you may or may not believe what s/he writes.

    Latest -

    "Since when has a simple break to the tibia and fibula been considered "serious"? Also, though I don't condone the driver leaving the scene, we don't know anything about the accident. In fact, I'm "struggling to understand" all the fuss here."

    So, lacks understanding/empathy - sad really.

    Leave them alone in their corner of the internet.

    EDIT overlapped with anth

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Oh I'm not getting involved. Learned my lesson after going cold turkey the last time and lasting for an admirable length of time.

    I just find it depressing that someone is willing to write something like that in a public place. Of course hiding behind a pseudonym, but even so.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. Darkerside
    Member

    Can't access personal email at work, so can't register and comment. Which is probably for the best.

    If anyone is planning on playing with the troll feel free to use the standard definition of a serious injury, which includes 'any fracture to a bone, excluding simple fractures of the nose, toes or finger', and is used by the various accident investigation branches.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. gembo
    Member

    We have become sucked in to reading the commenters when we know they are nearly all serial controversialists or the one person with many multiple identities. I am going to try to stop reading them, they are awful and I don't like them

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. Uberuce
    Member

    1% of the population are sociopaths, rising to 4% of CEO's of large corporations, so Jon Ronson says. Well, says the experts say; I don't think he just made it up.

    I wonder what population of internet posters are sociopaths.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. chdot
    Admin

    "rising to 4% of CEO's of large corporations"

    Only 4??

    Posted 13 years ago #

  9. gembo
    Member

    We are internet posters but not CEOs of large corporations?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  10. thebikechain
    Member

    I am a friend of the lads dad - as you would imagine they are deeply upset by the whole thing.

    Would love to see that fool say that to big Tam's face. Except that would never happen. When he is on his police horse you kinda don't go messing with him.

    Posted 13 years ago #

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