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Vigilante or superhero?

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  1. SRD
    Moderator

    This story is even more controversial because it’s about a vigilante cyclist who smashes car windows, catches thieves and locks them to bike racks, and can stop a car engine without the driver even knowing what happened. And even if the driver whipped a Glock out from under the seat, The Shock says he’s not all that worried.

    “They’ve already got a weapon. Their vehicle is the biggest weapon they’ve got. I’m not really afraid of a gun because I’ve been threatened by a much larger piece of metal,” he explains. “A gun isn’t much use at 20 yards, anyway. At least, not the way most people hold it.”

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. kaputnik
    Moderator

    How does he always get his lock back if he's throwing it through windows? And one moment it's a U-lock, then it's a handcuffs-type lock...

    Perhaps "The Shock" is more an agglomeration of cycle messenger lore than one individual?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. Tom
    Member

    I think some people are temperamentally unsuited to cycling.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. minus six
    Member

    LIKE

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. Uberuce
    Member

    Careful you don't cut yourself with that edge.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. wingpig
    Member

    DISLIKE. Or "-1" or whatever.

    Remember, kids: violence solves nothing. Don't get mad - get video evidence.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  7. minus six
    Member

    in such a moderate and well balanced forum, humour can often go unnoticed.

    lighten up.

    ie. i presume the article to be a spoof.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  8. wingpig
    Member

    Who should lighten up and where has some humour gone unnoticed?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  9. minus six
    Member

    och, you decide.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  10. wingpig
    Member

    No, I'd much rather you clarify things, just so there's no chance of any of that only-seeing-things-written-down internet-tone-of-voice misinterpretation stuff happening.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  11. minus six
    Member

    my original comment was sardonic, like the majority of my posts unashamedly are.

    i don't believe the article is any more than a spoof.

    but i liked it for that.

    my follow up comment was directed at both uberuce and yourself.

    but even if i'm wrong about those crrrazy americans, i can't see the vigilante superhero meme catching on in the UK, can you ?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  12. wingpig
    Member

    Is is not permitted to (sardonically or otherwise) dislike the article (spoof or not)?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  13. ruggtomcat
    Member

    fox news could not do better! :)

    Posted 12 years ago #

  14. minus six
    Member

    you need to ask? of course its not permitted.

    stand by your desk.

    my secretary will enroll you for the re-education camp.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  15. minus six
    Member

    apologies for my earlier unwarranted derision.

    in my defence, i'm still rebelling against the doctor's advice earlier this morning that they will require to send a camera up my urethra.

    there... you just can't get more off-topic than that.

    remember kids: don't drink green tea extract all day for a decade.

    i'll get me coat.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  16. crowriver
    Member

    I notice there's a rather dubious story linked from the page which claims to be investigating cycle eroticism, or something. Have to say I'm going with bax's spoof hypothesis for both articles.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  17. minus six
    Member

    cycle eroticism

    well.. ahem... err.. *blush*

    Posted 12 years ago #

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