The Sun Newspaper

[totallyfixed]

Yet another shocking story involving a cyclist, however, the bloke that was using the hammer must have been very inept at using one, either that or it was a rubber one. I think most people who had been hit that many times would be very seriously injured, or dead. Unless of course there was a little bit of creative writing going on, in a tabloid? What was I thinking

 

[Hip Priest]

The OP has done nothing wrong, but it might be a good idea in future to give the thread a more appropriate title (ie. 'Cyclist attacked' rather than 'The Sun Newspaper').

 

[SurlyNomad]

@HP. Point taken.

 

[ian turner]

It's more often cyclists attacked by tabloids. They like to build up non readers as bogey men threats to decent citizens and play on their readers fears. The bogey man in that story will be youth the threat to our nation.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Ive not seen it.
I would not see it because i would not read the sun.
I would definitely never buy the sun.
edit
Remember Hillsborough.
Never buy the sun !

+96

 

[CopperCyclist]

The OP has done nothing wrong, but it might be a good idea in future to give the thread a more appropriate title (ie. 'Cyclist attacked' rather than 'The Sun Newspaper').

Someone would have asked for a link, he would have mentioned the Sun and we'd probably be here anyway.

Horrific story though. Is there anything saying how badly the chap was hurt?

 

[growingvegetables]

" A cyclist was hit up to 15 times with a hammer in a road rage attack.

.... who was not wearing a helmet, ......

wtf has that got to do with it?

Nothing - just the Chinese water torture drip, drip, drip, drip, drip inanity.

Mind you, I have vague memories of another case, where a cyclist was beaten up? Didn't suffer brain damage - because he was wearing a helmet. **** - I just don't want to there.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I wouldn't buy the Sun because it's crap and I don't want people thinking I'm a moron. No other reason.

 

[cd365]

+96

R.I.P

 

[BluesDave]

SurlyNomad, on 11 September 2011 - 17:42:29, said:

(i think we know this, nothing against you but feeling and emotions are strong over that paper)


But the thread is about being hit with a hammer for riding too slowly! Not about a newspaper. I havnt been a member long enough to know everyones taste on reading material and i apologise for opening a can of worms! I myself will read whatever is put in front of me whether rightly or wrongly. I dont believe everything that is written but i just wanted to highlight the cowardly attack of an old man by the youth of today. I thought that this forum would have been the perfect place to highlight such an attack especially with it being cycle related. How wrong i was! The majority on here are more bothered about where the info came from rather than the story. Yes it was horrendous what happened Hillsborough, It shouldnt have happened, and if ive opened up some old wounds for some then this was not my intention and i full heartedly apologise again.//

All the people who say they don't buy the the Sun or ever read the Sun are desparate to have people think that they don't buy or read the Sun and what for I wonder.
Who gives a shoot what papers you do or don't read.
The thread is about an innocent old man out minding his own business on a bike ride being attacked by a hammer weilding 20 year old thug.
This could quite easily have been a murder and I am very surprised that there are people who are more interested in commenting on what the incident was reported in rather than the content of that report.

There should be messages of support in this thread for the cyclist and his family calling for the head of the thug on a plate FFS.

 

[AuraTodd]

The Sun does not sell on Merseyside after what they said happened that day , strange enough everywhere else in the country its sold , so make of that what you will.

Mr Makenzie should be very ashamed of himself. Was he at the game that day to witness these things?

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Sorry it's been overshadowed by the Sun thing, (but any opportunity to convince a person to not buy The Sun, I will take!).

I think the lack of reaction could be that we all know that the guy will get off with two months suspended nothing-at-all-really, as apparently being in a car gives you free reign to maim and kill as many people as you like.

 

[Bicycle]

Ive not seen it.
I would not see it because i would not read the sun.
I would definitely never buy the sun.
edit
Remember Hillsborough.
Never buy the sun !

Dreadful story about the cyclist.

Dreadful business at Hillsborough, only a decade or so after the horror of Heysel.

Respects to all the fans who died at both tragedies; one frequently recalled, the other rarely mentioned.

Holidaying in Italy a month after Heysel, I spoke only French and Italian. It was not a good time for a young man in Italy to be from the UK.

RIP everyone who goes to see a match and doesn't get home.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Mr Makenzie should be very ashamed of himself. Was he at the game that day to witness these things?

Mr MacKenzie is an utter arse, quite apart from the Hillsborough thing. Did anyone else hear him on "Any Questions" on Radio 4 a few months ago? A complete nob on a stick.

 

[dellzeqq]

I wouldn't buy the Sun because it's crap and I don't want people thinking I'm a moron. No other reason.

oh, yeah? What about if you were marooned on a desert island with nothing but fig trees, tinned prunes, an espresso machine and a newsagents that had run out of any other newspaper? Answer me that one!