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what & how he can encourage others to do similar
He has caused alot more cyclists to record and report bad driving because by sharing widely what he does, people can see that it is effective and that drivers are actually punished. I don't record or report, because the stress would eat me up, and I have admiration for someone who takes this level of abuse to keep other people safe.
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Ok so we shouldn't report crimes in case the perpetrators dislike us? Got it.
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The problem is distracted drivers killing people. If enforcing road safety laws isn't the solution, what do you propose?
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cyclist is a cunt
Mikey's dad was killed by a drunk driver. Using a phone reduces your reaction times as a driver in the same way, if not worse. The police are unable to enforce this widespread, casual and deadly behaviour. Mikey is a great guy who actively makes cycling safer for everyone and I love him to bits. His calmness under the barrage of abuse he gets online and in real life is what makes the abuse so funny, he never rises to it or gets flustered. He also builds really cool radio controlled gliders
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It was the moment I warmed to him.
That and the handjob part which was actually quite touching
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Wondered if this had been on here yet
"you probably support chelsea and all dont ya"
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Only bike in correct position is Brompton.
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Well it seems like this norcott person annoys at least some of the right people
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Would actually be interesting to know how old grains would interact with commercial yeast.
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who's she wanking off under that sheet
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price drop £130
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Shimano GRX 400 10 speed shifters and cross top levers. £150 for everything as seen.
Used for a coupole of years, missing one face plate. Working perfectly. Changed my cockpit due to a back injury. Total cost of this set up would be over £300 newPick up from Lewisham or my workshop near Thames Barrier.
Shifters are £200+ new https://www.cyclesuk.com/shop/components/sub/brakes/shimano-st-rx400-grx-mechanical-sti-set-with-hoses-2x10-speed-pair-145301/option/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAouG5BhDBARIsAOc08RQmW3S60RGtEJK8Gct43ach807DbLjECVKJKtyHNcYY7fbpD4s9qAoaAsXvEALw_wcB
Cross top Levers are £65 EACH new https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Shimano/GRX-812-Sub-Hydraulic-Brake-Lever/MLJ9?utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&co=GBR&cu=GBP&glCountry=GB&id=1054346&ds_eid=3823279037&ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=&ds_cid=20161697935&ds_ag=&ds_agid=&ds_k=&ds_kid=&ds_kids=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAouG5BhDBARIsAOc08RSRRLSD5TrPA_6Eg_bz2daddqpf8sDCj1D24KulQdq-qwB3w0ElVC4aAtaGEALw_wcB -
Seriously doubt anyone with family in Israel or Palestine would bother commenting here. It would he interesting to hear from them though.
Perhaps they have already?
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second dibs
Probably but yeah
eh?
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most Western media outlets I've checked have ascribed the blame in a one-sided fashion
Very true, never disputed this. All I've shown is that reports of Israeli violence in Amsterdam is easy to find if you look for it.
So to stay clear of prejudice by taking a neutral stance or equal-blame approach, one falls into it anyway.
Good point. Regardless of actual blame for the violence, there are extremely biased narratives from both sides as this is an info war as much as a real one, its incredibly difficult to navigate and separate facts from noise.
Much of the Jewish/Palestinian population converted to Christianity and later Islam -they didn't go anywhere and are now being exterminated and ethnically cleansed
My point is exactly this: the people the Israeli state are trying to exterminate are descendants of Jews. Many people on opposite sides share the same heritage. Attempts to define exactly what percentages of the population this applies to will inevitably vary, because all populations mix and these distinctions are always distorted and exaggerated by racists.
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And no, the modern population of Israel are mostly European and quite distantly related to the natives of the Levant.
The point about ethnicity is that both sides claim the land is rightfully theirs and the other side are invaders, while ethnically all the peoples who originally lived there were the same, whatever their religion. The largest Jewish ethnic group in Israel, about 40% to 45% of the country’s total population, is called Mizrahi, which means “Eastern” in Hebrew. Mizrahi Jews’ ancestors hailed from Jewish communities in the Middle East, including Israel itself. Of course nobody's ethnicity gives a person more right to live somewhere than anybody else, my point is that in this conflict "ethnicity" as a reason to hate the other side is largely a social construct.
On equality of blame: hate requires hate to perpetuate. Ascribing blame to one side only never de-escalates, and won't help resolve the spilling over of violence into cities hundreds of miles away from the conflict.
The Mayor of Amsterdam has said that organised gangs were searching out Israelis and attacking them, quite separately from the violence and protests near the stadium.
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Also, re: semitism, let's not forget that Arabs/Palestinians are more Semitic (linguistically and genetically) than Aahkenazis and the other groups who cry anti-semitism at every turn.
It is one of the tragedies of the conflict that the two sides are ethnically similar and yet their hatred is based on ethnicity. The attacks were the definition of racism, based where people had come from. An attack can be racist even if you are wrong about the race of the victim, for e.g calling a Moroccan a Hamas supporter, or calling a Ukranian a Jew, both of which happened during the violence in Amsterdam.
Racist Israelis use Hamas as an excuse to attack all supporters of Palestine and all people from arab countries, whom they hate regardless of what Hamas does. And there are people who use the actions of the Israeli state as an excuse because they hate anyone Jewish or from Israel because of who they are. Both can be true without diminishing the other, in fact they are co-dependant.
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/* 'antisemitic'
wink wink
The attacks were 100% antisemitic. Organised attacks on people on the basis of their race. The Israeli attacks on Muslims were equally bad. No presumption needed to understand your post.
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My point isn't about media bias or otherwise, but reports of Israeli violence and provocations in Amsterdam are widespread. I didn't mention the rescue planes, but as I predicted you're assuming what I think.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/8/israeli-football-fans-clash-with-protesters-in-amsterdam
also
"Earlier, footage shared on social media showed Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters tearing down Palestinian flags in central Amsterdam.
Anti-Arab chants could also be heard as large crowds of the Israeli fans shouted: "Let the IDF win, and (expletive) the Arabs," as they were escorted by police to the stadium."
And it's all over twitter
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Easy now, no one's gonna accuse you
That would be great. Its a shame the debate so often descends to that.
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Christ this thread is a bin fire. There was organised racist violence in Amsterdam from both sides, and innocent people attacked on both sides. People need to read outside their bubble. 100% guarantee I'll be accused of supporting genocide for saying this.
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Oh shit that was a month ago lol
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20 months for £10k damage to a picture frame.
WTF is a picture frame worth £28k?
The cost is probably measured in hours of labour cleaning it. Doesn't mean you could sell the frame for that much. Van Gogh himself never framed a single painting, so they are of zero value artistically. They might be "period correct" or installed by an original owner, giving them historical significance and cultural value. The national gallery also install frames in keeping with their collection and internal decor, so the criteria outlined above have moveable goalposts depending on a curator's taste. My dad was head of conservation at the NG for 40 years and we have interesting conversations about these protests. His main problem is that the extra security makes it harder to get in now, and I see his point.
The sentence is absurd and disgusting.
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Wait, clowns are gay now?
men in make up tend to trigger a certain kind of idiot, whether the target is gay or not
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why did the nautilus get in trouble
because they told a nautili