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From: you knob head on 17 Aug 2006 19:33 Yeah but was he black also then its ok for him to call a spade a spade. "Nevikski" <nevikski(a)tisconi.com> wrote in message news:44e4505e$0$18094$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net... > You also let slip he was black, you racist. You should have said > 'non-white' > > > "burt" <burtthebike(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > news:FanEg.105044$9d4.103973(a)fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk... >> >> "Tim S Kemp" <news(a)timkemp.karoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:OqCdnbxCm8PdaX3ZRVnyjg(a)karoo.co.uk... >>> Dave M <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>>> All the car owners have found their tyres have been slashed and, in >>>> many cases, a note on their windscreens. >>> >>> A medal? For criminal damage? >> >> If I find out where the piece of s**t who came within an inch of killing >> me on my journey home tonight lives, he won't just be worried about >> criminal damage - he'll need major surgery. BMW, green, north Bristol, >> and talking on a mobile phone. 17:10, N914 YOG, young, black driver. Oh >> dear, have I accidentally published his details? What a shame. >> >> I did what you're supposed to do and reported it to the police. Guess >> what? nothing will happen according to the officer I reported it to. Is >> it any wonder that people take the law into their own hands? If >> following the law means that criminals who threaten my life will never be >> convicted, then maybe it's time for direct action. >> > >
From: Alex Heney on 17 Aug 2006 21:04 On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:55:44 +0100, Chris Slade <uce(a)ftc.gov> wrote: ><newsgroups snipped, why telecoms?> > >Alex Heney wrote: > >> The law states that it is an offence to drive inconsiderately. >> ----------------------------------- >> 3. If a person drives a motor vehicle on a road without due care >> and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons >> using the road, he is guilty of an offence. >> ---------------------------------- >> >> It does not say that it is only an offence if the other persons are >> obeying the law. > >So you are saying that one should consider the effect of ones actions on >criminals? Exactly where do you draw the line? If you drive into the path >of a getaway car in a bank robbery are you committing an offence? I suspect >that you are, but wouldn't the greater good outweigh the offence? Probably. But I wouldn't like to say you would certainly not be prosecuted as well as them. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager It's as easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950... To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: Alex Heney on 17 Aug 2006 21:06 On 17 Aug 2006 21:03:36 GMT, Huge <Huge(a)nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: >On 2006-08-17, Mike Henry <{$usenet-spamdump$}@mrtickle.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> In <4kis8gFccr7pU1(a)individual.net>, "Ivor Jones" >><ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: >> >>>"Sharon O." <sharon.owpan(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message >>>news:pan.2006.08.17.09.41.44.935278(a)googlemail.com >>>> It's actually 'Qu'. >>> >>>I know, but my keyboard doesn't have accented characters and I couldn't be >>>bothered to search for the program that puts them in. >> >> You can't hold down "AltGr" while pressing "e"? > >Not all the world is a PC. No, but I don't think anybody has ported Outlook Express (which is what Ivor uses) to another platform. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager I was the next door kid's imaginary friend. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: Ivor Jones on 17 Aug 2006 21:24 "JNugent" <not.telling(a)isp.com> wrote in message news:-vmdnbC_c6_yAHnZRVnygA(a)pipex.net [snip] > And even if the following driver wants to exceed the 70 > limit, it's not the business of the driver in front to > prevent it. But he's not doing anything wrong by so doing. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 17 Aug 2006 21:27
"Conor" <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1f4ea94ecf478b7498d3f4(a)news.individual.net > In article <4kh5tdFc61o0U1(a)individual.net>, Ivor Jones > says... [snip] > > Ah, foul language. The last resort of those who haven't > > a clue what they're talking about. > > > I've probalby seen it more than you ever will in several > lifetimes. So why swear..? Is your command of language so poor that you can only make a point by abusing the other person..? Ivor |