Camilla Tominey - Lycraman must stop saddling us with blame

gabriel959
gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
edited November 2012 in Commuting chat
Jeez...

Let the war begin!

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/357 ... with-blame

Her Twitter account - @CamillaTominey
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,887
    Well at least she admits the source of her swivel-eyed views in the first sentence.
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  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    But, generally, it is never the cyclist’s fault is it? There are plenty out there who don’t even bother to wear helmets. Indeed Boris’s eponymous bikes that tourists can rent in London don’t even come with them.

    Is the mad bint suggesting not wearing a helmet actually causes accidents??

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  • Koncordski
    Koncordski Posts: 1,009
    Yes, yes she is. Victim blaming is the answer apparently.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Excellent comments though.
  • Torvid
    Torvid Posts: 449
    Wow she must really want a job at the daily mail.
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  • Widgey
    Widgey Posts: 157
    I really struggle with these articles.. On one hand there are ninja cyclists out there and those who don't abide by the rules. However you get this with every walk of life. It is always the minority that get targeted.

    There is also a blatent right to be abusive, maime or worse to a cyclist just due to the fact they are on two wheels.
    Does this woman have a conscience, how would they feel seriously injuring someone.

    Not impressed.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    PERHAPS it is because my late mother had an affair with a cyclist that I have never had much time for them.

    Should have stopped reading after that. Hard to take seriously an article written by someone who declares an irrational bias against a mode of transport in the first sentence.
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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    Reading Ms Tominey's screed, I'm reminded of this riposte: "what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    What a load of w@nk. Ignore. It's not even well written. Dozy thick tart.
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    CiB wrote:
    What a load of w@nk. Ignore. It's not even well written. Dozy thick tart.

    +1

    My main issue is that its plain offensive, suggesting that people who have been killed whilst cycling are to blame because they didn't have lights. Any evidence for this? At all? No, thought not.

    Also depresses me that we still have people writing opinion pieces who appear to have no qualifications at all other than a posh sounding name. Its like something out of Downton Abbey, except this is the 21st century for f**k's sake.

    Also, the little intro about her mother's affair. That is 100% bulls**t presumably. Its just an insult to the reader's intelligence on so many levels.
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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    PERHAPS it is because my late mother had an affair with a cyclist that I have never had much time for them. I would walk home from school to frequently find his bike propped up against the front gate.

    I seem to recall that she did a rather scathing article a while ago on Milkmen and before that she had a right pop at Postmen too.

    Poor dear obviously has unresolved issues.
  • JamesB5446
    JamesB5446 Posts: 471
    What a cunt.
    I hope we've all tweeted her.
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    ha she hates cyclists because her mum was bumping uglies with one?!

    thats brilliant
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  • navt
    navt Posts: 374
    When did spinning = cycling? She needs to get out more.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Cornerblock wrote:
    PERHAPS it is because my late mother had an affair with a cyclist that I have never had much time for them. I would walk home from school to frequently find his bike propped up against the front gate.

    I seem to recall that she did a rather scathing article a while ago on Milkmen and before that she had a right pop at Postmen too.

    Poor dear obviously has unresolved issues.

    Or her Mum was a bit of a tart.
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  • mybreakfastconsisted
    mybreakfastconsisted Posts: 1,018
    She's an idiot who can't explain or defend her views, she's basically slagging off dead people and saying it's their fault they're dead.
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Haha!

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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,666
    notsoblue wrote:
    Haha!

    http://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.co ... -bicycles/

    That is incredible! Close enough to her article that it's almost like she's doing a parody. Almost...
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  • mybreakfastconsisted
    mybreakfastconsisted Posts: 1,018
    She's really not very intelligent, someone on Twitter said her rant can be shown up as the prejudiced nonsense it is if you remove the word "cyclist" and replace it with the word "jew".

    Camilla's response?

    "Don't be stupid, I don't hate jews!"

    Thick as Barry White's shit on Boxing Day.
  • inkz
    inkz Posts: 123
    It's a big fail that article. Lumping everyone in to a single category and point of view is useless and doesn't provide a balanced debate.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    JamesB5446 wrote:
    What a ****.
    I hope we've all tweeted her.

    Of course I have!

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  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    I read these comments, but haven't read the article due to my brain running the following routine:

    IF [authorname] = "Camilla"
    REM or some other aristocratic inbred name
    AND [papername] = "Express"
    REM or mail or telegraph
    THEN IGNORE
  • byke68
    byke68 Posts: 1,070
    Stupid woman - Wiggo was not reliving his victorys, he was on a MTB going to meet some friends! She loves cycling - in the gym! Has anyone used an excercise "bike" in a gym? Waste of time and effort, it's nothing like riding a real bike. :roll:
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Surely this is simply an attention grabbing publicity piece? Surely she can't really be that stupid and bigotted?! It just doesn't seem a serious piece...
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    pangolin wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    Haha!

    http://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.co ... -bicycles/

    That is incredible! Close enough to her article that it's almost like she's doing a parody. Almost...

    That is by far the funniest thing I've read in ages. Right down to the mum diggling a cyclist bit.

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  • sfichele
    sfichele Posts: 605
    Apparently she loves winding up cyclists...

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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    edited November 2012
    sfichele wrote:
    Apparently she loves winding up cyclists...

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    If only I could be ar$$ed with twitter........
    Or could be bothered wasting my time.

    Edit:- Does that count as a knock back? I hope so.
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • Blacktemplar
    Blacktemplar Posts: 713
    “What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.”
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    sfichele wrote:
    Apparently she loves winding up cyclists...

    Windup.png

    Like I said, it's a p1ss take, wind up article simply trying to grab attention... She can't seriously be that stupid...
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    Her twitter account is even worse.

    She has agreed to do some sort of cycle training in london with a safety instructor in twitter.
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