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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:54:15 +0100 someone who may be Jon Senior
jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk wrote this:- I don't care how much he was wound up, he has no right to attack the passenger (Except in self-defence) On uk.railway it has been claimed that attack (well assault) and self-defence are mutually exclusive. I have been told that I need to seek psychiatric help for stating that this is wrong and that an attack is an attack, but it may be excused by the concept of self-defence, two separate things. How strange that someone could get so wound up in a discussion as to make a fool of themself in this way. and the law has no place quashing a sentence because it would make him unemployed. It tends to only be motorists who are let off in this way. -- David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000. |
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"Peter B" wrote in message ...
In tonights local rag a piece about a taxi driver who beat a passenger with a wheel brace after he critised him for allegedly exceeding the speed limit and running red lights. The judge didn't jail him on the grounds he'd lose his job. Do we really want taxi drivers who assault passengers that object to being driven through red lights? Am I odd because I think any respectable company would sack him anyway for beating up a customer? (Well, ok, I might be odd for other reasons ;-) Pete. "You'll never guess whose skull I smashed in the in the back of this cab once..." Dave |
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"Peter B" wrote in message ... In tonights local rag a piece about a taxi driver who beat a passenger with a wheel brace after he critised him for allegedly exceeding the speed limit and running red lights. The judge didn't jail him on the grounds he'd lose his job. According to a follow-up story in tonights paper the council licensing committee are going to review his licence and his former employer said they don't want someone like that working for them. So he may have escaped jail but has lost his job, perhaps not to be employed in that field again, and has had to pay his victim over £1000 in damages. From his perspective he may have preferred jail, at least he'd have been fed. Pete |
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David Hansen wrote:
On uk.railway it has been claimed that attack (well assault) and self-defence are mutually exclusive. I have been told that I need to seek psychiatric help for stating that this is wrong and that an attack is an attack, but it may be excused by the concept of self-defence, two separate things. Indeed, how foolish to take note of the old adage "Attack is the best form of self-defense". :-) Jon |
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Adrian Boliston wrote:
"Peter B" wrote in message ... In tonights local rag a piece about a taxi driver who beat a passenger with a wheel brace after he critised him for allegedly exceeding the speed limit and running red lights. The judge didn't jail him on the grounds he'd lose his job. I bet he blew any chance of getting a tip! I got a taxi in Edinburgh a few years ago that took the most complicated and long winded route. I gave him a tip, I told him he should get a map. -- Mark 1x1 wheel, 3x2 wheels & 1x3 wheels. |
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"Peter B" wrote in message
... In tonights local rag a piece about a taxi driver who beat a passenger with a wheel brace after he critised him for allegedly exceeding the speed limit and running red lights. The judge didn't jail him on the grounds he'd lose his job. I read once in Metro that a taxi dirver beat up a cyclist, left him paralysed for life, but the judge didn't send the violent ******* to jail on those same grounds - he'd loose his job!! That's justice for you! Un****ingbelievable!! Vivian ------- "We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school". No Surrender |
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"Jon Senior" jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk wrote in message
... I always feel that I should say something (And often do if I'm on a bike!). I usually chicken out because I don't fancy an argument with the man responsible for taking me somewhere. As a general rule, I avoid taxis because I find it embarrassing to be associated with that level of driving. Jon I once told off a taxi drive because he stopped at the traffic lights inside the bicycle box. He said "so, are you a cyclist, uh?". Yup, I said, and before he would start the anti-cyclist ranting, I said that I don't normally jump red lights and that I do have insurance (the main point for them against cyclists). He was quite nice, and while I was his passenger, he stayed off the bicycle boxes. But then, am a lady, and am pretty....! ;-) -- Vivian ------- "We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school". No Surrender |
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"Vivian" writes: But then, am a lady, and am pretty....! ;-) JPegs or .... There's a break with tradition. I thought it was customary for all our ladies in urc to describe themselves as (variants on) fatbirdonnabike. gd&r -- Not me guv |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:11:11 +0000 (UTC), "Mark"
wrote (more or less): Adrian Boliston wrote: "Peter B" wrote in message ... In tonights local rag a piece about a taxi driver who beat a passenger with a wheel brace after he critised him for allegedly exceeding the speed limit and running red lights. The judge didn't jail him on the grounds he'd lose his job. I bet he blew any chance of getting a tip! I got a taxi in Edinburgh a few years ago that took the most complicated and long winded route. I gave him a tip, I told him he should get a map. Same thing happened with me in London. I guess my Scots accent made the driver assume that I hadn't driven that particular route every week for months... Still, a radio call to H.O. got the fare reduced considerably. -- Cheers, Euan Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122 Smalltalk links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk) http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:11:11 +0000 (UTC), "Mark"
wrote (more or less): Adrian Boliston wrote: "Peter B" wrote in message ... In tonights local rag a piece about a taxi driver who beat a passenger with a wheel brace after he critised him for allegedly exceeding the speed limit and running red lights. The judge didn't jail him on the grounds he'd lose his job. I bet he blew any chance of getting a tip! I got a taxi in Edinburgh a few years ago that took the most complicated and long winded route. I gave him a tip, I told him he should get a map. Same thing happened with me in London. I guess my Scots accent made the driver assume that I hadn't driven that particular route every week for months... Still, a radio call to H.O. got the fare reduced considerably. -- Cheers, Euan Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122 Smalltalk links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk) http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk |
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