I've been corrected- the Globe and Mail *isn't* traditionally a Liberal rag-- traditionally, Conservative, but the National Post has sort of pushed them left by occupying that slot. Hate their coverage anyway.
http://is.gd/2OhnO is a FarceBook that gives some hint of what the reaction of the cycling community is to this crime. We won't see it in the mainstream press- even the Toronto Star is playing blame the victim. To his mild credit, Bryant has now resigned his postion as CSE of Invest Toronto. See e.g. http://is.gd/2OhzM On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, S. Morris Rose<[email protected]> wrote: > The NY Times also covered this story in a much briefer article > (http://is.gd/2O2Mk) that talks about Bryant's (the perpetrator's) > leadership in the area of traffic safety legislation. For example, he > created legislation that defines any motor vehicle travelling more > than 50Km over the limit as racing and therefore susceptible to > impounding. Irony abounds. > > I found the Globe and Mail article offensive in several ways. They > focus on the fact that the victim was reported to be intoxicated, an > apparent attempt to blame the victim. And they quote a colleague of > Bryant's commenting on how devastated the Bryant family must be, > without acknowledgement that the victim, now *dead* thanks to > aggressive criminal action that Bryant chose to take, also has a > family and loved ones who have a lot more to mourn. Bryant is a > Liberal and the Globe and Mail is an unabashedly Liberal rag. I may > drop my subscription and send the money to the Toronto Cyclists Union. > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, John > Martin<[email protected]> wrote: >> Wow. >> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/former-ontario-ag-under-arrest/article1271489/ >> “Different decisions on either part would have led to such different >> outcomes,” one collision reconstruction unit officer said. “It's just so >> bizarre.” >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> > > > > -- > Scott M. Rose > Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada > -- Scott M. Rose Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
