Why does being on a bike in London cause so much conflict? (this time, a jaywalker)

It is ugly. I have no problems with having a word, and do so myself. Sometimes I swear when I'm startled. But I find it very difficult to countenance going 'FEAR UP HARSH' on every absent-minded ped who happens to make a mistake - it just doesn't seem like a constructive or pleasant way to treat fellow people.

I had no clue what 'Fear up harsh' might be so looked it up.

An interrogation technique originating in the current Iraqi conflict used by the American military and the CIA involving violent threats, yelling and screaming and hurling of objects in order to instill fear in the prisoner.

[insert rolling eyes smiley !]

:) Good grief !

Whilst that is obviously conversational hyperbole, no, I do not think shouting at people is pleasant, but my intention is not to make the act of risking someone else's safety pleasant in any way whatsoever.

Again, I just don't think it's very nice to advocate intimidation as a form of social engineering.

Fuck me ! Why stop at social engineering, why not accuse me of social Darwinism or even a touch of Eugenics ? ;P

So . . .

I come out of the pub pissed - whilst texting on my mobile I wonder thoughtlessly into the road without looking - some cyclist swerves to avoid me, hits the ground and does himself and his bike some damage. Picking himself up off the ground and gathering up the contents of his bag he calls me a 'stupid fucking idiot' and that 'I should fucking look where I am going'

What should my reaction be here ?

Should I feel embarrassed, a bit shocked by the whole incident, rudely reminded that I should really look out for both myself and others when around traffic, should I appologise and accept his (justified and entirely natural) anger at me ?

Or should I accuse him of using intimidation as a form of social engineering ? Should I go further and, as he picks bits of grit out of the palm of his hand, accuse him of employing US military interrogation techniques in an attempt to impose a form of social engineering on me ?

Fuck me ! Honestly ! What happened to people simply getting pissed off at others threatening their safety ? Social engineering ! Fucking hell ! :D :D

Anyhow, enough laughter, this conversation, for me at least, has hit saturation, and as the straw men (social engineering ! Punishing the world !!! Intimidation !!!! American military style interrogation !!!) are coming thick and fast it's best for me to bow out before I am tied in with the holocaust, Stalin and the Spanish Inquisition.

Stay safe.