are we actually the same people IRL as our online presence? We all say dickish things, but surely it's ok to say dickish things, and actually upset people still? I mean, it's ludicrous right - we live in disturbing times, where people are arrested for making jokes online about things that other people think they shouldn't
I think each thing should be taken individually on its own merits. If this were a fifteen year old who doesn't drive ranting from the back bedroom of his mum's house, I couldn't really care.
Do I want to share the roads with an HGV driver who hates cyclists so much he started a potentially world wide hate campaign against them?
Probably not. He may not be running cyclists down but he's in a position where his threats should be taken seriously. How far might his nuisance behavior go?
I think each thing should be taken individually on its own merits. If this were a fifteen year old who doesn't drive ranting from the back bedroom of his mum's house, I couldn't really care.
Do I want to share the roads with an HGV driver who hates cyclists so much he started a potentially world wide hate campaign against them?
Probably not. He may not be running cyclists down but he's in a position where his threats should be taken seriously. How far might his nuisance behavior go?