SFist: SFist Blotter

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:30:13 -0800

I certainly agree this is a problem, and I myself have nearly been hit numerous times crossing Van Ness. However, I'm frustrated with articles quoting WalkSF, a group that does two things I'm suspicious of: a) includes in their pedestrian death tally those people killed while walking (!) on the freeway in the city (I believe in the southern part of the city; being hopped up on something and streaking the interstate is *not* the same as getting hit in an intersection); b) they *charge* for membership! WTF? So just because I'd like nicer, cleaner streets (not that WalkSF sponsors any cleanup efforts, mind you, they just "advocate"), I have to pay them a membership fee every year? Um, no. If I want to have an impact, I can join any neighborhood group for free, and make more of a difference than by "joining" WalkSF. That being said, though, what the hell is up with the pedestrian death caused by a skateboard that the Chron article reported? How does someone die from that?!

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:13:41 -0800

I think Long Duc Dong might have run over a couple of pedestrians while drunk driving "grand-a-pa's ah-toe-moe-beeel". Those may have been included in the Chronicle's count. No more yanky my wanky, indeed. Also -- it IS legal to run over all of the jaywalking cracked-up shitheads in the Tenderloin, right? Because I have no issue with it.

Rah

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:29:19 -0800

Barring the two deaths stemming from accidents in the 80's (however that works...), we would still be at 33 deaths right now (a man was struck and killed by the J-Church last night), which is still higher than any year since 1998...

mattymatt

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:13:36 -0800

I'd like to add my vote to the "whatever" column regarding Sixteen Candles. If you don't like the movie, go rent Ya Ya Sisterhood instead and stay home.

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:02:59 -0800

Regarding the whole 'Sixteen Candles' thing: WHATEVER. I am Asian American and I don't find their protrayal of Long Duck Dong offensive. I think it's more of a matter of people being over-sensitive. Plus, Samson Wong is the same guy who published Kenneth Eng's ridiculous editorial. It's ok for Eng to talk about why he hates blacks, but they can't show 'Sixteen Candles' in the park, a funny, harmless teen movie? Come on. It's not like they were screening 'Soul Man.'

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:55:41 -0800

Of course Octavia is in that list. The pedestrian crossings take forever, and most people don't realize that you have to press the crosswalk button or you'll be waiting indefinitely. A lot of people don't press it, then get fed up and make a run for it.

Deborah

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:25:43 -0800

Lake. Big lake.

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:22:51 -0800

The Chron's pedestrian death tally included a few preposterous statistics, including someone who was hit by a car in 1982, but whose death 25 years later is attributed to that same accident.

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:12:35 -0800

I want Jamba Juice to pay for the lipo i'm going to need after downing all those sugary drinks of theirs.

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:49:29 -0800

I wonder how Jamba Juice will "reimburse" any Hep A victims. Are they talking full coverage for any medical expenses, or a coupon for 25% off their next smoothie?

rita

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:49:22 -0800

On the Samson Wong issue, I'm not disputing that Watanabe's character is an extremely negative portrayal of Asian-Americans. But I really am curious to hear what people think about the differences in his position on the whole Kenneth Eng "Why I Hate Blacks" flap (where he justified running the article because we need to hear all different sides of the arguments on race-based issues, even flagrantly-biased ones) and his position here that we shouldn't watch Sixteen Candles because of its negative portrayals of Asian-Americans. I'm personally feeling very ambivalent about the whole issue -- on the one hand, whatever. On the other hand, it's true that they probably shouldn't have picked Sixteen Candles to screen in the first place too.

suckafree

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:30:57 -0800

canine cologne!!!

mcgordonliddy

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:16:45 -0800

You dont spell it. You eat it.

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:10:48 -0800

ummm, the white people in the movie get portrayed even worse! They make fun of everyone except for Jake. Watch the movie again and pretend that white and see how you feel.

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:53:37 -0800

SFist: You clearly got it wrong on this one, and you're increasingly obtuse views are a threat to your own ability to expand your readership base. Shame on you! Samson Wong's "Expressing whatever race based beliefs" that one has is clearly different from cruel and egregious negative stereotypes - and Sixteen Candles advocates stereotypes of broken Engrish, belittled sexuality, and uber-dork hairstyle. Those aren't my words, those are the words directly from your link to radaronline. For shame!