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Zoot Katz wrote:
Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:56:01 GMT, , "S o r n i" wrote: Or, here's a radical idea: investigate each incident objectively, and rule accordingly. That's not going to happen while the bias is inherently ingrained by our self-inflicted crippling _need_ for individual scuds. Every one along the line, from witnesses to investigators, to prosecutors, judges and juries would see themselves as potential "victims" if the punishments were made to fit the crime. They're satisfied with the status quo wherein dead pedestrians and cyclists are simply written off as the cost of doing business. Local case in point for my locale. We had a judge who would throw every drunk driving case in jail for the maximum time. Almost every night he got so drunk that the local police would escort him home rather than arrest one of 'Their own'. He is finally off the bench, but this went on for a good number of years, so tell me how our system isn't broken? Most people can figure their odds of shooting, stabbing or bludgeoning somebody to death are pretty slim yet know, through their own driving experience, that it would be all too easy to kill somebody with their car. They don't ever want to be called upon to pay the price. The auto makers, support industries and oil companies will fight tooth and nail resisting the notion that driving be taken seriously. """BIG MONEY""", it rules. Just ask Bush. Bill Baka |
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Maggie wrote:
Tom Sherman wrote: Who is Robert Blake? Tom Sherman - Earth (Downstate Illinois, North of Forgottonia) I think he rode his bike in the Tour de France in 1970. He must have something to do with bicycles since we never go "off topic." All Good Things Maggie. American actor who played a cop/investigator/private eye on Baretta. About 1970s-80s television. Bill Baka |
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"Maggie" wrote in message oups.com... Tom Sherman wrote: Who is Robert Blake? I asked my husband the same thing last night. I think he rode his bike in the Tour de France in 1970. Better than riding his unicycle in the Tour de France. I believe Merckx won it in 1970, didn't he? -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/ See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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St. Claire Petersky wrote:
"Maggie" wrote in message oups.com... Tom Sherman wrote: Who is Robert Blake? I asked my husband the same thing last night. I think he rode his bike in the Tour de France in 1970. Better than riding his unicycle in the Tour de France. I believe Merckx won it in 1970, didn't he? I wasn't aware of Axel Merckx ever winning the TdF. -- Tom Sherman - Earth (Downstate Illinois, North of Forgottonia) |
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B i l l S o r n s o n wrote:
... Tom's right... Notify the press! These are words I never expected to see from this source. -- Tom Sherman - Earth (Downstate Illinois, North of Forgottonia) |
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Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:57:24 GMT,
, "S o r n i" concluded: Things like Tom listed (separate post) could happen to any one of us, no matter how responsible or cautious we might be. That's the risk you must be willing to take when deciding to get into the car and start the engine. You're gambling that everything is going to be alright despite careening around at the edge of control in a 3000 lbs. missile with a defective guidance system. If everything doesn't turn out to be okay then you should lose. I'd say you should lose as much as the person you killed or maimed. Screw "fault". You took the chance knowing that over a quarter million people world wide are killed by cars every year. Deciding to drive and then porking it is hardly an accident. It's entirely predictable so I see any driving infraction as being pre-meditated. (except scud slaves generally don't want to think of the repercussions their stupidly selfish actions might have) -- zk |
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Bill Baka wrote:
S o r n i wrote: bbaka wrote: S o r n i wrote: Tom Sherman wrote: Maggie wrote: ... That was a cruel thing to say in a public forum. To suggest I have a criminal past. That is hurtful. I never knew until this moment, how Newsgroups can possibly hurt a person. This is what someone one rec.bicycles.tech had to say about me: ...You have demonstrated to me that you are a piece of **** at this point... Damn right, and choosing the way you did, you demonstrated what a scumbag you are... Let me tell you dirtbag... Ponder this, you ****head... You are a miserable creature. I was having a rough morning. Amazing display of literacy, eh? Umm, Bill? It was a JOKE. (Hint: I would never write something like that...unless /provoked/, of course! 8-) ) I kind of thought so, but I don't really spend all day following this group, because I, ummm, ride during the good days. Just for the record, Bill Sornson was not the author of that quote. -- Tom Sherman - Earth (Downstate Illinois, North of Forgottonia) |
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