Wednesday, 5 March 2014

So many contradictions



Violent cyclist:
I want you to have a look at this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmasBlGellY&feature=youtu.be It shows at least 6 Cape Town cyclists beating up a taxi drive. I think it was taken on Sunday.
I picked this up on facebook and couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing..
There are also lots of ‘shock/horror’ comments on facebook and I read that these cyclists have been banned from riding in the next race. Harsh treatment indeed (my sarcasm).

But my ‘shock/horror’ is that there were other motorists and quite a few people on the pavement watching all this going on; and it was being filmed. But no-one helped the taxi driver. Now I quite understand that the taxi driver may have driven a bit close or cut them off (I make this assumption because a lot of taxi drivers are fairly awful drivers), and one might say he ‘deserved’ this beating but WOW…what a reaction from the cyclists and spectators.

Imagine the fall out if 6 taxi drivers beat up on one cyclist.

Oscar
The big bookie chain in UK and Ireland, Paddy Powers,  has offered money back if Oscar walks – not sure if the pun was intended but yes, you get your bet cash back if he gets off.
There are quite a few mutters about this advert being in bad taste.
I am not sure why people are being sensitive - the whole Oscar story is in bad taste including some of our own adverts (not a real Nando's advert BTW)

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