Re: Good kid dies biking on Manhattan Bridge

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:27:52 -0800 (PST), bluezfolk
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>On Nov 19, 7:55 pm, Zoot Katz <zootk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:10:29 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
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>> <rogerzo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >"Don Wiss" <donwiss@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >news:7a24k3tk13ii5a2qgf40lcjo4o4754i368@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:39:41 -0500, dgk <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >>>Maybe, but he wasn't inexperienced. If he's riding fixies with
>> >>>Critical Mass I'd guess he knew his stuff.
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>> >> Is that a fixie in this picture?
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>>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/11/18/2007-11-18_son_of_brooklyn...
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>> >> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
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>> >Apparently, there was drinking involved and honking cars. Those
combined
>> >with gaps in the lanes and night time made for a deadly combination.
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>> NA$CAR ***** Power killed him.
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>> WTF were those morons honking for if not to threaten, menace and
>> force the cyclists off the road?
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>> zk
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>probably as a warning. duh

Yeah.  That situation is so freaky I don't see how we can blame
honkers. It might be irrational or obnoxious, but it's analogous to
yelling "Hey!!!!" when something sudden happens.