Cycle shop worker spat at.

[Freds Dad]

Some lovely people around.

http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/local-news/yob-spat-face-bike-shop-7798544

 

[jefmcg]

Cycle shop worker spat at

by a cyclist.

 

[vernon]

by a cyclist.

By a yob.

 

[Tin Pot]

Was this a helmet discussion turned sour?

 

[Beebo]

Expecting the shop to loan him tools free of charge.
What an A hole.

 

[Brandane]

by a cyclist.

By a yob.

It is possible to be both. Being a cyclist does not automatically put a person in some sort of saintly category. As has been said before, there are good and bad people out there, and they use all forms of transport.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Some bike shops allow free use of tools ,

On the door of Brixton Cycles is a sign that reads (from memory):

KIDS: NO MANNERS - NO SPANNERS

 

[Hacienda71]

I know that shop well.

 

[Tin Pot]

Hidden in the text is the fact that the "yob" has a
Personality disorder. Mental illness is no joke, this man needs help not public humiliation by a newspaper.

 

[Brandane]

Hidden in the text is the fact that the "yob" has a
Personality disorder. Mental illness is no joke, this man needs help not public humiliation by a newspaper.

It doesn't mention mental illness, just that he has a personality disorder:

Tim Edgeley, defending, said Clarke had ‘lost the plot’ after the breakdown in his relationship.

He said: “The defendant struggles with a personality disorder and his perception of complex situations is different to that of a normal person.

Note that it was his defence lawyer who brought this matter up. It could be said that all selfish, aggressive nobbers have personality disorders. Since when did this become a mental illness, or a valid defence for just being bad?

 

[vernon]

Hidden in the text is the fact that the "yob" has a
Personality disorder. Mental illness is no joke, this man needs help not public humiliation by a newspaper.

Personality disorder is often served up as a mitigating factor by the defence in an attempt to reduce the severity of the sentence. His guilt was proven, his personality disorder wasn't.

 

[Tin Pot]

It doesn't mention mental illness, just that he has a personality disorder:



Note that it was his defence lawyer who brought this matter up. It could be said that all selfish, aggressive nobbers have personality disorders. Since when did this become a mental illness, or a valid defence for just being bad?

It would be an assumption on our part that this was a false claim by the defence.

 

[vernon]

It would be an assumption on our part that this was a false claim by the defence.

It was an assumption on your part that it was a truthful claim by the defence.

 

[Tin Pot]

Another couple of points, I didn't contest the court judgement, I contested the newspaper article.

It could be argued that Internet forums are largely populated with sufferers of histrionic personality disorder.

Keep your hair on.

 

[vernon]

It could be argued that Internet forums are largely populated with sufferers of histrionic personality disorder.

It could be contested that Internet forums are largely populated with folk who insist on having the last word.