Wootton Bassett Bikers - You're ANNOYING

[BanannaMan]

Originally Posted by Wideboy

its got nothing to do with wootton basset, its just an excuse to bash bikes because we're all barstewards that go around raping and speeding a generally causing all the accidents on the road, ban bike and it will solve all world problems and all wars will stop

At least one person has seen the light!

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There's has always been and there will always be, the bashing of bikers by the media. Just the thought of riding scares some people senseless.
Surely anyone mad enough to ride a bike must be the evil scum of the earth.
And this poor bloke likely only rides public transport. LOL



Still considering the cause and the turnout.... No matter his opinion of bikes and bikers, he really should have kept shut on this one.

Yes ...I know he was well with in his rights to express his opinion....
But I find I have very little sympathy for those excercising their rights by proving they don't deserve them.
His article was not only a disgrace to the those who participated in the event but even more so towards the honour of the cause, those for whom the event was held. The people who sacrificed to insure his freedom.

What a jerk...

Still again...really nothing new or surprizing here.
A jerk in a long line of jerks...
Bashing bikes sells copies.
You'll likely be seeing it again....

[Mej]

what a c*ck!!!

needs a good slap!

Oh dear, he was blatantly just throwing meat to the lions Silly beggar.

At the end of the day, a hell of a lot of money came out of the event, people came together and made an effort for a good cause, what the hell does it matter if they were on bikes, unicycles or donkeys? To be fair, a large congregation like that would have been flamed regardless, bikers are just easy targets sadly.

[Red Herring]

I try to pick the points out of the article and consider them rather than flame the individual because I don't like what he is saying. In essence all he is doing is questioning the principal of holding such an event to raise money, and in fairness he has some sound argument. The event apparently raised 100,000 towards a very worthwhile cause, and it took 10,000 bikers to get together to do it. His comparison with marathons etc is wasted because generally there people get sponsored to take part, here individuals paid (I believe) to participate but never the less it works out about £10 per rider. Now I'm wiling to wager that most riders that took part probably did more than another £10 in petrol, and quite a few had a night away, plus eating out etc, in fact i suspect that most of the riders that took part in this event paid out over £50 to be there. If we were really serious about raising money for this cause we would all have stayed at home, "given up" something we all enjoy doing for the day, and raised five times as much money for our cause. When you take out the cost of actually organizing (and policing) such an event I don't think you would have had much change from your £100,000.

I do appreciate that events such as this are not just about economics, but then few things rarely are.

Thats great..

"why cant people do something the dont like to support charity"

ok then i don't like punching people however I might start a sponsored punch int eh faceathon?

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Wideboy

haha i read this and just laughed, shows how dumb some cage people are with their lack of knowledge about bikes

i wonder what he drives about, im sure its most economical

Well, if you think about it 15000 bikes would would be approx 3700 cars if every car had 4 to it, therefore the polution levels would be less in the cars than on the bikes...annnnyyyywayyyy, im still not ofay with all this Hero stuff. They are doing thier job. No no one deserves to loose thier life, but sadly its part of the job. i respect them, but wouldnt go as far as saying they are heros.

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If your a thoughtless, heartless, foul, selfish weird hermit of a man I can see why it might be annoying.

For everyone else well done.

Have noticed the start up of FACEBOOK groups ..... Sack Chris Hughes and Boycott The Mirror!!! lol

[Mej]

Originally Posted by Amanda

Have noticed the start up of FACEBOOK groups ..... Sack Chris Hughes and Boycott The Mirror!!! lol

good times!

[Bri w]

I would hazard a guess that most people who've read the article, and seen the news will know what a t!t he is.

I found the article so far from reality as to be very amusing. Not worth giving him any credit for a balanced article - I'd just turn the page and move on.