punk wrote:I think the word cunt is great and should be used all the time.

Why do Americans have such issues with name calling and nasty words?
Most other countries I've experienced are pretty at ease about words when used in any context and can wipe away hurt feelings and shit with a quick "fuck off" .

In my opinion the U.S. as a whole seems to be stuck in this "words are more powerful than you realize" bullshit and i think most of you are kinda just raised with that line of thinking and just take it on without stepping back and saying to yourself am i really offended? or am i acting offended as thats what I'm supposed to act.

Americans love morality.
especially when they feel they have it over another.

Words are not as powerful as you think, its dumb ass lazy thinkin' to believe that.

By the way I'm not intentionally bashing America, I love the place and this is my only real gripe.
I hate London but that because of the weather and overall greyness.

in conclusion... cunt.

I agree
I guess that issie,and countless other moronic idiots like him are responsible for It.
Not all americans(usa) are stupid,though.

I don't think Americans are stupid by any stretch, some of the greatest things ever have been the product of the us.

its just a shame that there isn't some kind of IQ test to keep people from trying to shut other people down from talking free... right or wrong.

the whole "quick get him he said something bad" thing has gone too far.

kinda off topic i guess, but isn't it legal in the england to just hunt and kill these kids?

in closing.... cunt.

W.W.B.G.D.?*







*What Would Bernard Goetz Do?

i got brass knuckles and a knife.

i ignore shit 'til it get's physical.

i'm pretty sure i could take 3 17yr olds.

probably not ones with pipes or something.

but if a motherfucker on a bike flicks a cigarette at me you can bet said motherfucker would get a beating that would end with a couple blows from the bike. and probably a cigarette stubbed out on him. and then the bike sould get fucked up. or just taken.

no, i am not above beating a teenager.

of course if any of these bike shenanigans happened to me, i'd probably chase him down and flat the tired.

along with the mace, i'd consider one of these:

Report them to the police. Seriously. This stuff goes on all the time and they at least might have some useful advice.

Also, it's pretty unlikely that you're the only person they're intimidating and as a responsible human, you owe it to those who might not have the confidence to report them to take it upon yourself to do so. For their sake, if not yours.

Then buy a rape alarm or a can of yacht horn (this is correctly requested thusly: "I say my good man, do you have some yacht horn, preferably in a can?") and fire it off every time they come near you.

It's not particularly manly in the trad sense, but since they have already initiated violence (albeit minor), and you haven't been inclined to retaliate in kind, I think it's pretty unlikely that you'll find that violence is the solution.

Or you could try talking to them. Ask them why they're fucking with you and explain to them that it's seriously messing with your mojo. Since they're teenage retards, it may well not have occurred to them that it's having any impact on you whatsoever...

Adam CR wrote: can of yacht horn

This is my new favorite British English expression for the week.

Seriously, report these ASBOs to the police.

tipcat wrote:

Does this board prefer aluminum everything?

Sorry to hear about this Russell, vile little shits.

I have to say I'm rather taken with the yacht horn approach (incidentally I once similarly chased off a neighbourhood fox when I lived down in Balsall Heath, he would come at 3am and make all these hideous, braying, rapey noises - successfully remedied by dashing out in my pyjamas and honking a Vic and Bob style vintage car horn at it a few nights in succession) although I'm worried it will only stir them up much like antagonized bees.

I think DRC is right - you're there at more or less the same time each day and this is becoming a routine sport for them. Can you use another route? another bus stop? leave the house at a different time? I bought a bike a couple of years ago and a minute not spent waiting at bus stops or sitting on public transport is a minute saved forever. I had to use the relatively benign (benign to the extent that I witnessed a fair few beatings and dose of pepper spray going off on the top deck) number 50 each morning, it's such a soul-crushing drag when I have to use it these days, especially during the school holidays.

Break the routine and diffuse this one gently if you can. If it continues, report them. Don't suffer or let this escalate. Vile little shits

take pictures of them. they'll shit themselves later. god i fucking hate YOUTHS. i once had a dream where i was riding my bike and this gang of little kids crowded me and made me have to get off the bike. they were VILE. i ended up going totalyl apeshit and dragged this one kid on to the central reservation by the neck and tore it clean off.

i have falling down visions at least twice a day. if i'm hungover/still drunk, i will get up and fucking say something to these cunts.

it makes me so angry to hear about this. flicking a lit cigarette? fucking tramps. become a flame thrower. get one of them by the neck, choke him. god. kick him til he's no longer able to father a child. sorry men... aaaaaaaaaaagh.

This thread is really interesting.

I have plenty of good advice based on personal experience of this sort of thing.

I'll have a think about it and report back.