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From: Peter Clinch on 21 Dec 2007 04:05 Brimstone wrote: > If you're as competent as you try to make out, how come you don't understand > context? I do. You just don't understand that I do... Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net p.j.clinch(a)dundee.ac.uk http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
From: Brimstone on 21 Dec 2007 04:24 Peter Clinch wrote: > Brimstone wrote: > >> If you're as competent as you try to make out, how come you don't >> understand context? > > I do. You just don't understand that I do... > Oh dear, is that really the best you can manage?
From: Peter Clinch on 21 Dec 2007 04:31 Brimstone wrote: > Peter Clinch wrote: >> Brimstone wrote: >> >>> If you're as competent as you try to make out, how come you don't >>> understand context? >> I do. You just don't understand that I do... >> > Oh dear, is that really the best you can manage? Oh, sorry, I thought that pointing out directly what I wanted to get across was the thing but it turns out I was meant to be indulging in some sort of petty insult competition. Can't really be bothered with that TBH. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net p.j.clinch(a)dundee.ac.uk http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
From: JNugent on 21 Dec 2007 05:10 David Hansen wrote: > On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:12:29 +0000 someone who may be JNugent > <not.telling(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote this:- > > >>>Do you condone cycling on pavements? Many cyclists have put their >>>'self-preservation' skills into effect and decided that they would be >>>better off there. Indeed, I believe that fear of injury is a defence for >>>people charged with pavement cycling. [1] >> >>Fear of injury would be just as "good" a defence for the shooting dead >>of an armed police officer by the criminal he is confronting. Or of >>the murder of the victim of a mugging "just in case" he or a member of >>his family comes after the mugger. > > > Your comparison would only be valid if cyclists were to kill > motorists "just in case". Classic Hansen. Completely unable to discern principle. The only principle for him is "What's best for me, me, me?".
From: MrBitsy on 21 Dec 2007 05:09
Clive George wrote: > "Brimstone" <brimstone520-ng01(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:f46dnXJAEpmUaffanZ2dnUVZ8uidnZ2d(a)bt.com... > >> Can you offer a scenario in which someone gets crushed in which they >> are not even faintly responsible? > > Lorry comes up to traffic queue at speed, doesn't brake eg due to > playing with mobile or being asleep, crushes cars in front. It's > happened more than once. Happened to me in a car. Driving can be dangerous and not even the most skilled of peds/cyclists/drivers can be 100% safe. In all other non 'act of god' accidents, there are two people at fault. -- MrBitsy |