Is this Bolt headline by the Gleaner distasteful?

[Xavier]

Is this Bolt headline by the Gleaner distasteful? Do you think latching on to the "Bolt" reference by people who were victims of this shooting is going too far with Usain Bolts name?

<span style="font-weight: bold">VIDEO: Children took off like Usain Bolt, says shooting witness </span>

Source: Gleaner

A moviegoer who along with his family last night escaped a deadly shooting rampage at a movie theatre in Aurora, Calorado has told the BBC that they ran like Usain Bolt to get out of danger.

“It was like Usain Bolt,” said Evan Dozier.

“The children took off quickly, (but) we were we reunited with them in approximately five minutes,” Dozier said in a BBC interview.

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[Suesumba]

Re: Is this Bolt headline by the Gleaner distasteful?

it's not distasteful as much as it's stupid. it seems to make light of a terrible thing that happened. useless simile.

[sistactry]

Re: Is this Bolt headline by the Gleaner distasteful?

me did see it,
and no, me no tink it distasteful,
it did mek me

but after dat wear off, me was, ehhh, Bolt name really a run tings

[Tropicana]

Re: Is this Bolt headline by the Gleaner distasteful?

When people are traumatized, they will say anything. Not sure what I would say if someone stuck a mike in my face after surviving a spray of gunfire. I would probably be hysterical and unable to put 2 words together coherently.

[evanovitch]

Re: Is this Bolt headline by the Gleaner distasteful?

just a good pun...after all 'bolt' as a verb mean u run fast...spring into movement

[Nunya]

Re: Is this Bolt headline by the Gleaner distasteful?

Back in the day, whenever someone had to make a run for it, it was always, 'mi (or dem) run so faas, Quarry couldn ketch mi (or dem).

A no nutn.