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Author: DougDoug Date: Jul 8, 2008 08:45
> Someone seems to be failing in his duty to monitor the Daily Mail for
> tales of road users being given derisory punishment for "murder" - or is
> it "terrorism"? A road user caused the death of a young girl, but even
> if he is found guilty of killing the girl the maximum punishment he
> faces is a laughable £2000 fine.
>
What? No URL? The whole story makes interesting reading, i.e. was the
cyclist on or off the pavement, etc.
>
> Given the circumstances, why is there no outcry from our resident Mr
> Angry?
>
I started a thread early this morning on the subject but it seems not
to have arrived. To paraphrase, I pointed out how delighted the
motorists who dominate this transport newsgroup and who hate cyclists
will be to read the news and I wondered how they would apportion
blame. Had it been a car then of course the vulnerable ped victim
would be blamed for getting in the way of the car but as it was a
cyclist hitting a ped then the cyclist will almost certainly be ...
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Author: AdrianAdrian Date: Jul 8, 2008 08:53
Doug riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:
>> Given the circumstances, why is there no outcry from our resident Mr
>> Angry?
> I started a thread early this morning on the subject but it seems not to
> have arrived.
It certainly did, and has a lot of replies.
Perhaps it's just Google Groups being a pile of shite?
> Oh yes, my other comment was, is there such a charge as 'dangerous
> cycling' or do they make these charges up by the police and courts as
> they go along?
Try using a proper news client and server, then you might actually have
seen all the replies to your post.
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Author: Mike PMike P Date: Jul 8, 2008 08:54
> Someone seems to be failing in his duty to monitor the Daily Mail for
> tales of road users being given derisory punishment for "murder" - or is
> it "terrorism"? A road user caused the death of a young girl, but even
> if he is found guilty of killing the girl the maximum punishment he
> faces is a laughable
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Author: Tony DragonTony Dragon Date: Jul 8, 2008 09:16
Adrian wrote:
> Doug riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
> >>> Given the circumstances, why is there no outcry from our resident Mr
>>> Angry?
>
>> I started a thread early this morning on the subject but it seems not to
>> have arrived.
>
> It certainly did, and has a lot of replies.
>
> Perhaps it's just Google Groups being a pile of shite?
>
>> Oh yes, my other comment was, is there such a charge as 'dangerous
>> cycling' or do they make these charges up by the police and courts as
>> they go along?
>
> Try using a proper news client and server, then you might actually have
> seen all the replies to your post. ...
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Date: Jul 8, 2008 10:08
> On 7 Jul, 22:48, %%ste...@ malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: >> Someone seems to be failing in his duty to monitor the Daily Mail for
>> tales of road users being given derisory punishment for "murder" - or is
>> it "terrorism"? A road user caused the death of a young girl, but even
>> if he is found guilty of killing the girl the maximum punishment he
>> faces is a laughable £2000 fine.
>>
> What? No URL?
That would be the URL that you snipped from your reply.
> The whole story makes interesting reading, i.e. was the
> cyclist on or off the pavement, etc.
Ah, murdering cyclist apologist.
>> Given the circumstances, why is there no outcry from our resident Mr
>> Angry?
>>
> I started a thread early this morning on the subject but it seems not
> to have arrived.
Translation: "I did not start a thread on this subject".
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Author: AdrianAdrian Date: Jul 8, 2008 12:07
%%steve%%@ malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:
> Doug riseup.net> wrote:>> I started a thread early this morning on the subject but it seems not
>> to have arrived.
> Translation: "I did not start a thread on this subject".
He did, after yours, with plenty of replies.
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Date: Jul 8, 2008 13:18
> %%steve%%@ malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:
> >> Doug riseup.net> wrote:>
>>> I started a thread early this morning on the subject but it seems not
>>> to have arrived.
>
>> Translation: "I did not start a thread on this subject".
>
> He did, after yours, with plenty of replies.
Ah, he managed to automatically kill-file himself and the entire thread
by his fuckwitted choice of characters in the subject line.
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Author: AdrianAdrian Date: Jul 8, 2008 13:41
%%steve%%@ malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:
>>>> I started a thread early this morning on the subject but it seems
>>>> not to have arrived.
>>> Translation: "I did not start a thread on this subject".
>> He did, after yours, with plenty of replies.
>
>
> Ah, he managed to automatically kill-file himself and the entire thread
> by his fuckwitted choice of characters in the subject line.
Like I said to the cretin - should use a proper news server and client...
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Date: Jul 8, 2008 14:15
> %%steve%%@ malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:
> >>>>> I started a thread early this morning on the subject but it seems
>>>>> not to have arrived.
>
>>>> Translation: "I did not start a thread on this subject".
>
>>> He did, after yours, with plenty of replies.
>
>>
>>
>> Ah, he managed to automatically kill-file himself and the entire thread
>> by his fuckwitted choice of characters in the subject line.
>
> Like I said to the cretin - should use a proper news server and client...
Duhg treats this is a write-only medium, why should he care once he has
poked [Send]?
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Author: DougDoug Date: Jul 9, 2008 04:29
On 8 Jul, 16:53, Adrian gmail.com> wrote:> Doug riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>>>> Given the circumstances, why is there no outcry from our resident Mr
>>> Angry?
>> I started a thread early this morning on the subject but it seems not to
>> have arrived.
>
> It certainly did, and has a lot of replies.
>
> Perhaps it's just Google Groups being a pile of shite?
>
>> Oh yes, my other comment was, is there such a charge as 'dangerous
>> cycling' or do they make these charges up by the police and courts as
>> they go along?
>
> Try using a proper news client and server, then you might actually have
> seen all the replies to your post.
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