Irony

Scanning the Citizen online today, I came across a story about a young man debarking a bus and getting hit by a sidewalk cyclist. It is not clear if the problem is the cyclist on the sidewalk or the speed of the cyclist.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Video+Struck+down+sidewalk+cyclist/4966618/story.html

What’s also offensive is opening of the video with a commercial inserted by the Citizen. It’s of a speeding car, the joy of the zooming, and comes complete with a floating text that boasts “hands free”.

Now, where was I, oh yeah, the offence was related to driving …