If Only He'd Taken The Lane

In article >,
Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> wrote:
>http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/135749
>
>A teenager was seriously hurt Wednesday morning when the bicycle he
>was riding slammed into the back of a parked trailer in Oro Valley.

Gotta love passive voice. Evidentally blaming this blind and/or
inattentive cyclist just isn't politically correct. Would it really
be that bad to write "A teenager was seriously hurt Wednesday morning
when he rode his bicycle into the back of a parked trailer in Oro
Valley."?
--
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
result in a fully-depreciated one.

Matthew Russotto wrote:
> In article >,
> Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> wrote:
> >http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/135749
> >
> >A teenager was seriously hurt Wednesday morning when the bicycle he
> >was riding slammed into the back of a parked trailer in Oro Valley.
>
> Gotta love passive voice. Evidentally blaming this blind and/or
> inattentive cyclist just isn't politically correct. Would it really
> be that bad to write "A teenager was seriously hurt Wednesday morning
> when he rode his bicycle into the back of a parked trailer in Oro
> Valley."?
> --
> There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
> result in a fully-depreciated one.

Agreed. I love it when the news says that "a car went out of
control"... Dang things have a mind of their own. (Which beats the
drivers, sometimes....)