You stole my bike out of the hallway of my apartment building on Canada Day. It was entirely my fault. It’s not a secure building, and the bike wasn’t locked up. The fact that I’ve been storing my bike in that spot for almost ten years without incident doesn’t mitigate my stupidity. That bike was my main method of transportation, and I should have taken better care of it. Fortunately for me, I’m not a starving college student who can’t afford a bus pass. I’m a middle aged woman with a reasonable amount of disposable income, and I was able to go out and buy a newer, better bike right away. I keep it in my apartment.
I don’t feel all that bad about losing that bike. It was on it’s last leg (wheel?) anyway. But you, bicycle thief, should be aware that my adult son has taken this as a personal affront to his family honour. And if he sees you riding that very distinctive and easily identifiable bike, there is going to be bleeding and crying. I don’t really care about the bike itself, but I wouldn’t pass up the entertainment value of seeing my very big boy defend his mother’s honour by beating you to a snivelling, whimpering pulp.
This article appears in Aug 7-13, 2008.
Sorry about the bike Miranda. Sorry about the injuries Bike Thief.
you condone you sons violence? i guess that makes him a man? i mean, stealing is wrong, but is violence justified? i know it seems strange to sympathize with a bike thief, but the violence thing kinda disturbs me. it’s like societies answer to everything. you would find it entertaining to watch you son beat someone to a pulp? what is it inside a person makes them derive pleasure from seing someone being physically brutalized? that’s not pleasure, i’m telling you. now like i said, i don’t mean to sympathize with the thief. you create your own situation in life, and if someone feels the need to steal someone elses only means of transportation, what kind of situation have they created for themselves? probably not a very pleasureable one. but the whole fighting thing has got to end.
hey miranda, tell your son to give the son of a bitch a few good whacks (preferably with a crowbar to the digits) for me, would ya. thanks. bike thieves are low-life scum.
Mark_s_wood, that’s exactly the kind of beurocratic free loving bullshit that get’s exactly no message across and nothing accomplished. You can take your preachy ‘above violence’ talk and just shove it.What do you want her to do? File a report at the police office so that it can go in some drawer and be forgotten about? Does the thief get punished for his actions? No. He doesn’t. He get’s off Scott free.I hope, Marinda, that your son catches the thief. Just make sure that the person who is on the bike is the person who stole it, because chances are, the person who stole it sold it to someone else.
arseholes who BUY stolen bikes are even worse than the thieves, and deserve equal punishment, don’t tell me they didn’t know either… one would have to be a moron not to. if you buy stolen property, then YOU are part of the problem.
Techcafe you are an idiot.
did i hit a nerve, matador, say something a little too close to home, maybe?oh yeah, FUCK YOU too cuntrag
Nothing to do with this bitch per se, other than like I said, you are a fucking idiot.
ah well, if name calling/personal attacks are what your few brain cells can manage to scrape together, nothing anyone can do about that.i fart in your general direction… just cuz i know you like it
BTW I know who you are, you aren’t fooling me
haha, what is that a threat, fucker?
What’s the deal with dredging up an old bitch? That’s kinda weird…
woah…who is he? now I’m curious.and I wouldn’t bandy about high-horse ness techcafe. you’ve got a tendancy to bust out the name calling yourself.
this is priceless that hedgy is playing peace maker.I am convinced she is a bike thief.:)
no peace maker here homie, I’ve been meaning to say something to techcafe- he’s got good points but they’re generally buried in belligerent garbage…at least your garbage is amusing 🙂
hi viego, how are things? yeah, i know, you don’t agree with me, i guess we should arrange some kind of physical confrontation. that would resolve things…..apparently. are you alive? do you see what is going on in the world today? are things getting better, or worse? so anyway, what would happen if her son were to find the bike thief and beat him up, or whatever? his mothers honour would be restored? what is honour anyway? some sort of fantasy feeling? a way to feel better than someone else? it’s just a product of ego, i think. what if this bike thief has a knife or something and takes the life of her son as well as her bike. doesn’t really seem worth it to me. but i guess he would have died defending his mother’s honour, so, i guess that would make it worth it…..i don’t feel like i’m being preachy, if i think this way, i’m sure other people do to. i’m just expressing my opinion, i know though, people hate that. what should she do? well, she said that she has replaced the bike and that it wasn’t really an issue other than the fact that it’s irritating to get your bike stolen. and i understand her frustration, i’ve had shit stolen from me. my winter jacket while i was in montreal in february. i was pissed for a bit about that but what do you do? oh yeah, i forgot, physically assult the culprit. plus, do you really think that someone who is stealing bikes and god knows whatever else is enjoying their life? really, they are living their own punishment. but kicking and punching gets the message out there, and it also accomplishes a lot….it really does, seriously.