ST Alpha - "the luger they're interviewing on ctv now says the course is fine, that people crash all the time, and this was just bad luck." (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 159

the luger they're interviewing on ctv now says the course is fine, that people crash all the time, and this was just bad luck.

Posted by mafic Feb 12 '10, 12:04

says that corner can be fixed easily if they decide it's too dangerous.

Responses:

I see it on NBC Olympics. CTV still hasn't reported the death. -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:06 4
- And the source for the Toronto Sun is something called "QMI Agency" ("Quebec Media Inc") WTF is that? -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:13 3
  - Did you break your Google? -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:15 2
    - Not a lot of useful information out there. Seems to be a shell for the Toronto Sun family in Quebec, as far as I can tell. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:19
    - definitely not helping -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:15
They could at least take an angle grinder to the pole. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:06 14
- to do what, rough it up? -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:06 13
  - To cut it out. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:06 12
    - it's not there for no reason. it's holding things up (and they'd have to take down about 15 of them and a large structure) -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:07
    - well I'm also assuming the poles not there for decoration. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:07 10
      - It's there to break the fall. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:13
      - It could be anything. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:08 8
        
        ~Take a look at the photograph...Clearly his teeth were bared. He could have been yawning or snarling.... -- nm - Gord Downie Feb 12, 12:16
        
        it could be, but it isn't. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:09 6
        
        "17 lugers killed after track collapses. Revenge attack on pole blamed" -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:16 4
        
        "NDP MP Libby Davis defended the pole and said that it only acted out for fear the Insite safe injection clinic would be forced to close soon. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 12:19 3
        
        incidentally, I hate Harper for appealing this. tories have totally lost me. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:23 2
        
        I'm torn. I get the idea behind the clinic, but the supporters completely overexaggerate the benefits and just willfully ignore the negatives. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 12:29 1
        
        That's pretty true of supporters of anything :) The IM is more important to me - what are the outcomes? -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 12:32
        
        you guys aren't helping my laughter problem -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:12
(though ctv is also not saying he's dead yet) -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:05
just some padding even seems logical. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:05 2
- tv luger seemed to think they didn't already have it because people *never* come off the course when they do crash. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:07
- yeah. he basically slammed into a metal pole at +100km/h. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:06

Post a message top

the luger they're interviewing on ctv now says the course is fine, that people crash all the time, and this was just bad luck.

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.