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On 09/03/2016 09:02, MrCheerful wrote:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html No details apart from there were no arrests. Meanwhile: *Baby dies after being hit by car at Hyde Park Gate* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35752992 **** happens in all forms of transport. ps; and don't say that this is off topic, Mr Cheerless, because I'm simply showing you a comparison. Oh and this one is on topic: *Cyclists pushed into canal in west London* "Six incidents in which cyclists were pushed into a canal in west London are being linked by police". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35754375 -- Bod --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 09/03/2016 09:21, Bod wrote:
On 09/03/2016 09:02, MrCheerful wrote: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html No details apart from there were no arrests. Meanwhile: *Baby dies after being hit by car at Hyde Park Gate* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35752992 **** happens in all forms of transport. ps; and don't say that this is off topic, Mr Cheerless, because I'm simply showing you a comparison. Oh and this one is on topic: *Cyclists pushed into canal in west London* "Six incidents in which cyclists were pushed into a canal in west London are being linked by police". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35754375 as this group is about cycling, items that do not involve cyclists are off topic, just ask Simon, it is in the charter for the group. |
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"MrCheerful" wrote
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html So how was the bicycle involved? When a motorist is in the fray, the press only seem to mention the vehicle they happened to be driving. And an interesting difference between the link - "...killed-after-being-ploughed-into-by-a-cyclist..." and the headline - "...killed after crash with a cyclist" (hmm... so they're saying it was deliberate even before the police have reached a decision?) |
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On 09/03/2016 10:42, TMS320 wrote:
"MrCheerful" wrote http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html So how was the bicycle involved? When a motorist is in the fray, the press only seem to mention the vehicle they happened to be driving. And an interesting difference between the link - "...killed-after-being-ploughed-into-by-a-cyclist..." and the headline - "...killed after crash with a cyclist" (hmm... so they're saying it was deliberate even before the police have reached a decision?) They use the word killed, not murdered. If the cyclist caused her death, then he killed her. |
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MrCheerful wrote:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html No arrests. At a guess, then, the pedestrian was crossing the road in the middle of traffic. Very sad, but no more sad than when a psychopath kills a pedestrian who is crossing in the middle of traffic. Something that has apparently happened around 45,000 times this century. -- john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons) 'It never gets any easier. You just get faster' (Greg LeMond (1961 - )) |
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On 09/03/2016 09:02, MrCheerful wrote:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html The Standard ought to know better: it cannot possibly happen. |
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"MrCheerful" wrote
On 09/03/2016 10:42, TMS320 wrote: "MrCheerful" wrote http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html So how was the bicycle involved? When a motorist is in the fray, the press only seem to mention the vehicle they happened to be driving. And an interesting difference between the link - "...killed-after-being-ploughed-into-by-a-cyclist..." and the headline - "...killed after crash with a cyclist" (hmm... so they're saying it was deliberate even before the police have reached a decision?) They use the word killed, not murdered. If the cyclist caused her death, then he killed her. So? If she had been killed by a motorist, the usual phrase is "killed in a collision with a car"; the person at the controls of the car, the motorist, is hardly ever involved. |
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On 09/03/2016 10:42, TMS320 wrote:
"MrCheerful" wrote http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html So how was the bicycle involved? It is reported as having ploughed into the victim. I expect you think that something turns on the use of "cyclist" as opposed to "bicycle". When a motorist is in the fray, the press only seem to mention the vehicle they happened to be driving. Normal English idiom. There is no hidden meaning. Perhaps you've been reading too much Dan Brown. And an interesting difference between the link - "...killed-after-being-ploughed-into-by-a-cyclist..." and the headline - "...killed after crash with a cyclist" (hmm... so they're saying it was deliberate even before the police have reached a decision?) Let alone a court, eh? Just like "Alycidon" does all the time here, without a murmur of criticism from you. What's different this time, I wonder... |
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JNugent wrote:
On 09/03/2016 09:02, MrCheerful wrote: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html The Standard ought to know better: it cannot possibly happen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man -- john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons) 'It never gets any easier. You just get faster' (Greg LeMond (1961 - )) |
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