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01-15-2007, 01:39 AM

"Tom Keats" <tkeats2005@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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lreoe.57e.ln@bud.garden.local...
> In article <45aae71f.31804750@news.supernews.com>,
> mister1900mister@hotmail.com (Random Waftings Of Bunker Blasts) writes:
>
>> I wonder what the assailants' Free Republic handles were.
>
> Sounds to me like a case of punk-ettes looking for
> peurile, bullying kicks, beligerently blocking a bike
> lane, and waiting for the next victimizable cyclist(s)
> to come along, to pick-on.
>
> It's old hat stuff. Except cases of inter-female
> bullying are now being more publicized.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>

Well, except for the racial aspect. If three white teenagers beat two black
cyclists while spouting racial slurs, this would be the lead story on every
networks' newscast, and the assailants' photos would be splashed on every
newspaper and magazine in the country. But the victims were white so this
story will remain a local one, and a minor local one at that.

01-15-2007, 01:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
Gooserider Posts: n/a	Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland "Tom Keats" <tkeats2005@hotmail.com> wrote in message newslreoe.57e.ln@bud.garden.local... > In article <45aae71f.31804750@news.supernews.com>, > mister1900mister@hotmail.com (Random Waftings Of Bunker Blasts) writes: > >> I wonder what the assailants' Free Republic handles were. > > Sounds to me like a case of punk-ettes looking for > peurile, bullying kicks, beligerently blocking a bike > lane, and waiting for the next victimizable cyclist(s) > to come along, to pick-on. > > It's old hat stuff. Except cases of inter-female > bullying are now being more publicized. > > > cheers, > Tom > Well, except for the racial aspect. If three white teenagers beat two black cyclists while spouting racial slurs, this would be the lead story on every networks' newscast, and the assailants' photos would be splashed on every newspaper and magazine in the country. But the victims were white so this story will remain a local one, and a minor local one at that.