{"id":3424,"date":"2009-07-17T05:15:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T09:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:54:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:54:31","slug":"bruce-mccullochs-open-letter-to-his-bike-thief-and-the-people-who-watched-his-bike-thief-thief-his-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/07\/17\/bruce-mccullochs-open-letter-to-his-bike-thief-and-the-people-who-watched-his-bike-thief-thief-his-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce McCulloch’s Open Letter to his Bike Thief and the people who watched his Bike Thief thief his bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Broken<\/a>\u00ab First they came for the Bixis, and I said nothing. \u00bb
\n – Pastor Martin Niem\u00f6ller<\/em><\/p>\n

La station Bixi devant chez moi a \u00e9t\u00e9 compl\u00e8tement massacr\u00e9e. Sa d\u00e9pouille mortelle \u2014 les plantes des p\u00e9dales, la chair des coussins de selle, les dents des points d’ancrage, et les membres mutil\u00e9s des paniers \u2014 est jonch\u00e9e parmi le plexiglas qui auparavant couvrait la publicit\u00e9 d’un homme en cale\u00e7on. Je ne peux emprunter un v\u00e9lo de cette station, ni y en rapporter. Plein de graffiti, il faut remplacer la station au complet.<\/p>\n

Puis, l\u00e0, j’ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 penser \u00e0 mon v\u00e9lo. Une proie vuln\u00e9rable, il a pay\u00e9 un lourd tribut \u00e0 la boucherie<\/a> : n’a plus son pneu arri\u00e8re, n’a plus envie de vivre. Sa cha\u00eene rouill\u00e9e, il est laiss\u00e9 au bord de la rue \u2014 parfois des badauds lui lancent de la monnaie \u2014 en attendant que la premi\u00e8re temp\u00eate de neige s’abatte sur Montr\u00e9al et qu’un chasse-neige l’emporte au Ciel.<\/p>\n

Mes concitoyens m’ont dit que \u00ab the oil is on your hands<\/em> \u00bb :<\/p>\n

que j’aurais d\u00fb verrouiller la roue arri\u00e8re au lieu de celle en avant,<\/p>\n

que j’aurais d\u00fb acheter 2 cadenas Kryptonite pour chaque roue,<\/p>\n

que je ne devrais que demander \u00e0 Daddy<\/em> pour une nouvelle bicyclette,<\/p>\n

que je dois accepter les vols comme partie de la vie montr\u00e9alaise.<\/p>\n

Mais, reprochons-nous \u00e0 l’enfant le divorce de ses parents ? Condamnons-nous la victime de viol pour son attaque ? La culpabilit\u00e9 et la honte restent toujours avec l’auteur de crime.<\/p>\n

Bruce McCulloch, com\u00e9dien du groupe torontois \u00ab The Kids in the Hall<\/em> \u00bb, a v\u00e9cu la m\u00eame exp\u00e9rience :<\/p>\n

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Je pense encore \u00e0 l’emplacement de ma station Bixi : au coeur du Plateau ; sur une rue o\u00f9 se trouve du monde sans cesse, nuit et jour ; en face de non pas 1, mais 3 entreprises ouvertes 24\/24, 7\/7 ; et directement devant les fen\u00eatres de quelques appartements.<\/p>\n

Je me demande pourquoi personne ne signale le vandalisme \u00e0 la police. Serait-elle la m\u00eame raison pour laquelle personne n’a rien dit pendant le vol de ma roue ?<\/p>\n

Bruce McCulloch pose une telle question \u00e0 ses compatriotes :<\/p>\n

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L’indiff\u00e9rence urbaine saccagera notre ville.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Image credits:<\/em><\/p>\n

MONTR\u00c9AL – Cycle Fun Montreal<\/a>
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