Mayoral Candidate for Toronto - Dead cyclists have themselves to blame

[Anonymous]

Mindboggling

http://bit.ly/9PMHjc?r=td

Well Mr Ford. I may die getting hit by a car, but you are gonna die of heart disease before you are sixty you sad fat ****

 

[online-rider]

Yeah. The birth of the motorcar really ****ed things up for us cyclists. Lets just wait until the oil runs out

 

[fatandfast]

The fat f-cks email is rob@robfordformayor.ca

 

[marathon marke]

Unbelieveable. He needs some serious help, in more than one way.

 

[Anonymous]

The fat f-cks email is rob@robfordformayor.ca

Done mine, just sent

Dear Fat C***.

I write from england where you xenophobix, racist, homophobic views have been fairly badly received. Your comments on cyclists only having themselves to blame if they get killed by a truck struck a nerve with me as a regular cyclist.

Firstly to correct one statement in your tirade. "Roads were made for buses, cars and trucks"

Roads have been around since before the birth of Christ, long before buses and trucks came along.

The car was invented in approximately 1672. The modern motor car was invented in approximately 1882, while the bicycle was also invented in the eighteen eighties, in fact such was its popularity that by 1900 over 10,000,000 owned a bicycle compared with just 4,192 registered cars at that time.

Therefore in modern times I would argue that in fact Bicycles have more right to be on the road than cars.

Cycling is not only a great way to keep fit, but is also much more ecologically freindly than countless cars and trucks on our roads.

Perhaps if you were to ride a bike around instead of a gas guzzling car you wouldnt be such a fat t***!

Yours.
D Marsdin
UNITED KINGDOM

 

[djconnel]

The only way to deal with this sort of attitude is to stay on message and focus on the following generation. Guys like Ford are the results of at least three generations of brain-washing from the auto-industrial-complex. The tide is already receding from that culture of car supremacy. Soon enough, judging from the multimodal oscillations which propagate through his torso at every slight movement of his body, Ford will be dead, and that will be one less voice of car-obsessed idiocy we need to deal with.

 

[Anonymous]

soon enough, judging from the multimodal oscillations which propagate through his torso at every slight movement of his body, ford will be dead

:d :d :d :d
......

 

[indurain666]

Yep, very sad, he is also considering banning marathons from taking place as they create a "traffic problem". The guy is a piece of work, unfortunately, chances are we, Toronto residents, are going to have to stick with this ugly fat disgraceful human being as he might win it.

 

[usedtobefast]

maybe he will get flattened by a very large truck...

 

[pedaling squares]

Wow, poor Toronto. I spent some time there this summer and found it to be a great city. It could also be a great place to ride a bike but having ignorant fat knobs like Ford in power explains why their road system is built almost exclusively for motorized transport. This guy just doesn't get it.

 

[donboling]

Heart Attack victims have themselves to blame as well

They should not rush to help his fat *** when he has his attack. It's his own fault for living a life full of fattening food and inactivity.

Screw him, eh!

 

[online-rider]

To:
rob@robfordformayor.ca
I hope you die of coronary heart disease as soon as humanly possible you bigoted irresponsible selfish fat ****wad. **** off
Craig
New Zealand, Cycling Advocate

Hah ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha wait, that was definately his email right?

 

[the delgados]

As a resident of Toronto, the prospect of Rob Ford occupying the mayoral chair is as appealing as resting my face on a burning stove.

The man is truly idiotic. Sadly, his populist everyman approach seems to be working. "He talks like us," said one Ford supporter.

The most depressing thing about all this is the fact so many people proudly identify with a complete and utter idiot.

Anyhow, on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Torontonians who despise the man, I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry.

 

[Oh Canada]

Let's flood his inbox

I really enjoyed reading the email sent to him from a previous poster.

Does anyone want to pen a nice email and post it here? Since we all have his email I thought it would be great to all copy the same message and flood his inbox.

Being an hour away from Toronto and in a city that is becoming very bike friendly I'm fortunate enough not to have to vote for this guy but would love to see him sweat....oh wait he does that tying up his shoes...

Any takers on a letter we can all copy?

 

[Anonymous]

Thank you, but

As a resident of Toronto, the prospect of Rob Ford occupying the mayoral chair is as appealing as resting my face on a burning stove.

The man is truly idiotic. Sadly, his populist everyman approach seems to be working. "He talks like us," said one Ford supporter.

The most depressing thing about all this is the fact so many people proudly identify with a complete and utter idiot.

Anyhow, on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Torontonians who despise the man, I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry.

... you really shouldn't do this. Next thing you know Canadians will be expecting us Americans to reciprocate and appologize for every idiot in American politics. There are not enough hours in the days or days in the years or years in our life times for that.

 

[the delgados]

Re Flooding Ford's inbox:

Hey whatever floats yer boat.

But I don't think it'll make a bit of difference. The guy's a lost cause, and he'd probably enjoy the attention.

I think a far more effective tactic would be flooding the inbox of the Toronto Star.

Letters written from folks around the world may give those considering voting for Ford something to think about.

 

[fatandfast]

The guy wrote me an email that say his comments were made a couple of years ago. Also that he thinks Toronto should have bikes and cars. Bike paths should be totally separated from cars. I will post it, can't do it from my new phone

 

[Anonymous]

possibly the same email I had.

Dear Dave,


Thanks for getting in touch with me about this issue. While it's easy to read into a video clip from several years ago and take it out of context, I assure you that my Toronto does include cyclists. I want everyone to be able to move around Toronto in cars, on bikes, or on public transit, and I understand that all three of these areas need improvement.

I believe that roads will always be dangerous for bikes, so I want to build bike paths that are separated from the roads entirely. These bike paths are already working quite well along Eglinton Avenue out in Etobicoke, and I'd like to see these expanded. This would mean we can keep cyclists safe without removing lanes of traffic.


Sincerely,
Rob Ford

Im amazed he replied Although i am assuming its a standard "cyclist" reply from his intern

 

[Martin318is]

Must be TSF,

I am frankly astonished that your email actually got IN there through their filtering in the first place. Most companies would have at least diverted it to IT to verify given the amount of agressive swearing.

(well played sir!)

 

[the student]

Omg that is seriously one of the most stupid things to say... their own fault... i might call it so if you do bike stunts... but if you get hit on the road its not really your own fault... ( He should cycle some more ugly fat guy he is )

 

[fatandfast]

possibly the same email I had.



Im amazed he replied Although i am assuming its a standard "cyclist" reply from his intern

same as mine

 

[RedheadDane]

What an idiot!!! Did he just... use the fact that it's somewhat cold in Toronto as a reason not make biking lanes? Helloooo... heard the old saying "There's not bad weather, only bad clothing"? And I don't really get his 'logic' about biking lanes being dangerous. Isn't the main idea of biking lanes to get cyclist away from the cars?

Maybe someone should give hime a bike so he could lose a bit of his weight...

 

[the delgados]

I can assure that those emails weren't written by Rob Ford.
I'd be surprised if he knew how to write his own name.
Plus, the "comments were made two years ago" excuse is a real laugher.
Uh, Rob: The comments were stated into a microphone in council chambers.
It's not like you said them in a kindergarten playground at the age of 6.


Anyhow, here's the latest from Ford regarding bicycles:


"the problem with bicycles is that they have become a political issue—saying I'll put in bike lanes gets the support of cyclists, but the rest of the voters will hate me. The debate has become equivalent to abortion—whatever I say, someone will be angry."

Mr. Ford compares bike lanes to abortion.

Wow.

 

[Archibald]

Anyhow, here's the latest from Ford regarding bicycles:


"the problem with bicycles is that they have become a political issue—saying I'll put in bike lanes gets the support of cyclists, but the rest of the voters will hate me. The debate has become equivalent to abortion—whatever I say, someone will be angry."

Mr. Ford compares bike lanes to abortion.

Wow.

so he's concerned about upsetting the ignorant few while ignoring the majority of people who use commonsense. Then again, it'll be the media that'll dig up the complete morons who would be upset by both...
Even Cletis [from the Simpsons] isn't silly enough to realise that a bike lane not on the edge of the road is a good thing...

 

[kiwirider]

Saw this article about him in Macleans magazine the other day:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/12/the-political-genius-of-rob-ford/

Kinda scary ... and makes me glad that I'm living in Ottawa - at least our mayor only gets indicted for corruption ...

But for all that Ford is voicing idiotic policies like this, he's a good few steps behind my native New Zealand. There the roading agencies are vehemently anti-bike, the police don't really care about bikes (eg., reluctantly prosecuting a woman who pulled out of a side road into the middle of a large training pack - and then giving her the lowest possible charge, or prosecuting cyclists for "overtaking on the inside" when they've been knocked off by cars overtaking and immediately turning left in front of them) and most motorists range somewhere between ignorant and aggressive towards bikes ... For me, Canada is bliss on two wheels ...

Even so, good luck Toronto - if this guy gets in, you're sure as hell going to need it ... on so many levels!