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Newsgroups: rec.motorcyclesPath: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.utdallas.edu!corpgate!bnrgate!bcars267!bmdhh130!npetFrom: npet@bnr.ca (Nick Pettefar)Subject: Re: Fortune-guzzler barred from bars!Message-ID: <1993Apr20.134840.16070@bnr.ca>Sender: news@bnr.ca (News Administrator)Nntp-Posting-Host: bmdhh299Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UKX-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]References: <1993Apr20.010101.27385@cs.cornell.edu>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:48:40 GMTLines: 43David Karr, on the Tue, 20 Apr 1993 01:01:01 GMT wibbled:: In article <C5qtvL.M73@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Russell.P.Hughes@dartmouth.edu (Knicker Twister) writes:: >In article <1993Apr19.141959.4057@bnr.ca>: >npet@bnr.ca (Nick Pettefar) writes:: >: >> With regards to the pub brawl, he might have a history of such things.: >> Just because he was a biker doesn't make him out to be a reasonable: >> person. Even the DoD might object to him joining, who knows?: If he had a history of such things, why was it not mentioned in the: article, and why did they present the irrelevant detail of where he: got his drinking money from?: I can't say exactly who is at fault here, but from where I sit is: looks like we're seeing the results either of the law going way out: of hand or of shoddy journalism.: If the law wants to attach strings to how you spend a settlement, they: should put the money in trust. They don't, so I would assume it's: perfectly legitimate to drink it away, though I wouldn't spend it that: way myself.: -- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)We heard about this from a newspaper article. Journalists and editorsalways pick out the most interesting and sensational "facts" for ourdelectation. As the editor of the Sun once said: "We never let thefacts get in the way of a good story". You must have noticed howmotorcyclists get treated by the press. They thrive on hysteria,ignorance, sensationalism and one-upmanship. Unfortunately there'snot enough salt to keep taking a pinch of.--Nick (the Cynical Old Biker) DoD 1069 Concise Oxford Leaky New GearboxM'Lud. Nick Pettefar, Contractor@Large. /~~~\ "Teneo tuus intervallum"Cuurrently incarcerated at BNR, {-O^O-} npet@bnr.ca '86 BMW K100RS "Kay"Maidenhead, The United Kingdom. \ o / Pres. PBWASOH(UK), BS 0002 (-)"Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for you. It's time to get up
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