Parson's Green

[Markymark]

I always find mine slump after a return from Liverpool.

Does somebody nick it?

 

[Tin Pot]

[QUOTE 4958594, member: 9609"]because it is just a ridiculous comparison. Here's another, 40,000 a year are dying from air pollution so we may as well ignore the minor inconvenience of terrorism and road deaths.

Personally I think terrorism is hideous in the extreme and trying to play it down as not that big a thing is just odd.[/QUOTE]

Of course it's ridiculous, that's what User was saying and I was supporting.

 

[Hill Wimp]

[QUOTE 4958717, member: 9609"]this whole thing about stats of cycling and terrorism is all down to one innocent comment by User46386 ??? I'm going to go back and give it a really big like, then put the thread on ignore



I certainly wouldn't be wanting anyone to give in to terrorism, in fact quite the opposite it should be stamped out with great vengeance. Trumps right we need to get tougher, there is a very good chance when they are found they will be known to the relevant agencies, we're too soft, too accepting of it.
[/QUOTE]

Accepting of what exactly ?

We don't accept terrorism, we spend millions fighting it, we give large prison sentences when terrorists are convicted.

Exactly what are we soft on and accepting of ?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

What they said was that "The BBC understands that a timing device was used".

Edit: Or do you mean the police stated it as fact on the BBC news last night? I didn't see that in the statement that the Deputy Commissioner delivered.

The BBC understands about the timer in the same way they understood Cliff Richard's billet was going to get turned over. Because some plod told them unofficially.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Yeah I've done that before when I was of a more masochistic bent. Since then I've stopped punishing myself, I've given up self flagellation bouts, wearing hair shirts, and drinking Sam Smith's beer.

Nowt wrong with the Imperial Russian.

 

[growingvegetables]

[QUOTE 4959153, member: 9609"]I'm puzzled by the way some see it differently.[/QUOTE]
Come on - that's a colossal misinterpretation of what people have been writing. Nobody sees it differently. But nobody.

The abhorrence of what happened at Parson's Green is shared by all. End of.

There has been a bit of discussion about how far one should allow the risk of terrorism affect one's choice of transport ... but that is an entirely different subject.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

[QUOTE 4959153, member: 9609"]and the nastiness begins with the usual crowd of bullies liking it, all cheering each other on to make nastier and nastier remarks - how pathetic. Have you all finished with Accy and is it my turn now ?

And what added vitriol am I supposed to have added ? all I have said is to me, terrorism seems considerably and disproportionally worse than accidents, thankfully the rest of society seems to think so too and plenty of resources get put into combating it (maybe not enough) . I'm puzzled by the way some see it differently.[/QUOTE]
I'd rather the money was spent on combating drivers who kill and maim. Far greater risk to us all. But it seems society is prepared to accept that risk whilst insisting billions are spent to combat the considerably smaller risk. Bonkers.

 

[Crackle]

Mod note:

Some posts have been deleted: Do I need to remind people of the rules about personal abuse or issue warnings and thread bans. Keep your posts considered and on topic and I'll be a happy mod. Don't make me an irritated mod.

 

[Dec66]

Does somebody nick it?

Nah, it gets lost when I trip over all the tourists at Euston with huge suitcases, dawdling on the concourse of the tube at the bottom of the escalator while I'm trying to get to the Victoria Line.

Why do they do that? Can they not read pictures?

 

[Fab Foodie]

4 people died today on the M5.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Bit heavy for the cafe, I thought I wandered onto the wrong place, had to check my non subscription had not failed

 

[Tin Pot]

4 people died today on the M5.

I'm sure they feel a lot better that it wasn't terrorism that killed them.

 

[Levo-Lon]

[QUOTE 4959322, member: 45"]I think I might start riding a horse.[/QUOTE]

Have you see how much shyte comes out of the exhaust!!

Im going to start an environmental thread then

 

[nickyboy]

Someone should start a thread about how it's not safe to drive on motorways any more.

To be fair to Reiver, he makes a valid point that it is the feeling that one has no control at all over a terrorist attack that troubles people the most. People feel, rightly or wrongly, that if you're driving a car (a massively more dangerous thing than riding on the tube) you at least some control over what happens to you.

Where this argument falls down is that we are all subject to uncontrollable life-threatening risks waaaaaay more likely than terrorist attack every day of our life. I will go on a bike ride tomorrow and a drunk driver could mow me down. Or I could get a sausage stuck in my throat in the café. Or a piano carelessly hoisted could fall and squash me (OK, that one is pretty unlikely). But we live with these risks and accept them as part of life. Hopefully everyone can be reasonably vigilant regarding terrorist attacks when in a higher risk location, which is all we can really do, and get on with our lives

 

[nickyboy]

Or a lorry could career across the central reservation and kill you. User9609 has been talking nonsense, and not liking it when people point that out.

Again, to be fair to Reiver, it isn't nonsense. It may be irrational but loads of people behave and think irrationally in these circumstances. Perception (of risk) is reality and it's incumbent on those rational folk to shed light on these misperceptions. I don't think telling someone he is talking nonsense progresses this at all