Dead Cyclists Always At Fault, Says Councillor Rob Ford
posted by Joe on Friday, March 09, 2007 - Permalink
Ah, I kind of pity Rob Ford. He's way out in Etobicoke-land... his braincells always under assault by carcinogen-laced car and truck exhaust...From the Star, and picked up by BlogTO:
"I can't support bike lanes. Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks. My heart bleeds when someone gets killed, but it's their own fault at the end of the day."-Rob Ford, Toronto City Councilor
I'd like to invite Rob to check out archive of Toronto's Weekly Carnage - it's not just cyclists in there... most of it is other people in cars dying, and pedestrians dying. Using your logic it's their fault they were killed because they were in a car, or going for a walk.
And for the record, roads have been around for FAR longer than cars have been. Thousands of years longer... the Roman Empire had a fantastic road system, and not one car! Not even a moped!
Even here in Toronto, roads pre-date cars.
Labels: carnage, infrastructure, news, politics
That's just a brutal comment.
Isn't this the guy that got loaded at a Leafs game, caused a public scene and then denied it afterward when someone complained to city hall?
Yup, same guy.
Hmm. Doesn't he realize that the reason cyclists get killed is because they're on a road WITHOUT a bike lane? I.E. if there were more bike lanes there'd be fewer deaths?
Moron.
Could his comments not be considered as fomenting hatred against cyclists? ie. hate speech?
Some are likely to consider his comments as endorsing vehicular assault and vehicular homicide when the target is cyclists.
I'm wondering seriously if he could be sued if a cyclist gets hit by a car, especially if the driver lives in his ward. He has a position with some authority, which should come with some responsibility. He's giving the public entirely wrong information.
Rob Ford looks like a bit of a chubster. Surely it's his own fault if he has a coronary in a McDonalds 'cos he didn't ride a bike now and again ...
Rob Ford is not a genius of note. In fact I would describe him as a walking side of grade F ham.
"It is very preventable," he spouted in his typically bombastic fashion. "If you are not doing needles and you are not gay, you wouldn't get AIDS probably, that's bottom line."
His comments are not directly related, but his style is to shoot his mouth off regarding subjects he has no understanding of. I just can't figure out how this slab of grease keeps getting elected to public office.