> Doug (Doug riseup.net>) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
>
>
> Duhg - just a couple of simple questions...
>
> Do you _really_ think that anybody here would do anything _but_ utterly
> condemn somebody driving THAT badly?
>

>
> Do you _really_ think that that is somehow representative of the vast
> majority of drivers?
>

>> Do you _really_ think that anybody here would do anything _but_ utterly
>> condemn somebody driving THAT badly?

> Yes

>> Do you _really_ think that that is somehow representative of the vast
>> majority of drivers?

> As far as I am concerned they are all potentially dangerous merely
> because they are in charge of a dangerous machine in a public place
> with very little acountability.

> On 17 Dec, 09:51, Adrian gmail.com> wrote:> Doug (Doug riseup.net>) gurgled happily, sounding much like they

>> were saying:

>

>>

>

>> Duhg - just a couple of simple questions...

>

>> Do you _really_ think that anybody here would do anything _but_ utterly
>> condemn somebody driving THAT badly?

>
> Yes Adrain. If they can in any way dream up an excuse to blame the
> victim they will. 'Maybe the wall was situated in the wrong place and
> the driver did at least manage not to hit the girl'.

>> (There is a certain circular irony in a drink driver hitting the house of
>> a director of Threshers, though)

>
> Plus the fact that the Director is inevitably a motorist himself.
> Rough justice?

>
> Odd that nobody has, don't you think? With a single exception, which
> was quickly shouted down, the response on here has been "throw the
> book at the driver for driving whilst pissed, and throw it at him
> again for running away". So that's another little Duhg theory that
> bites the dust.

>
> More Duhg suppositions. You'll be saying next that Miles Cooper was a
> motorist - oh, wait, you already did.

> Brian Whitehead wrote:
>

>> Odd that nobody has, don't you think? With a single exception, which
>> was quickly shouted down, the response on here has been "throw the
>> book at the driver for driving whilst pissed, and throw it at him
>> again for running away". So that's another little Duhg theory that
>> bites the dust.

>
> Not the way I saw it, however don't let your lack of english
> comprehension get in the way of a good rant.

> On 18 Dec, 11:18, NM all.com> wrote:

>> Brian Whitehead wrote:
>>

>>> Odd that nobody has, don't you think? With a single exception, which
>>> was quickly shouted down, the response on here has been "throw the
>>> book at the driver for driving whilst pissed, and throw it at him
>>> again for running away". So that's another little Duhg theory that
>>> bites the dust.

>> Not the way I saw it, however don't let your lack of english
>> comprehension get in the way of a good rant.

>
> OK, let's have a look, shall we? You said "Aah! The fight or flee
> reflex, are you suggesting he gets extra
> punishment because his survival instinct took over whilst he was
> pissed?
>
> Not saying he shouldn't get shit on anyway for DiC."
>
> In other words, you thought that whilst he should be punished for the ...

> OK, Lets start form the beginning, I'll try no to use too much joined up
> thinking as I don't want to confuse you.
>
> Firstly if you inspect my post I never said he should be treated
> lieniently for DiC.

> Given AIUI we are dealing here with a normally responsible company
> director and not some chav in a stolen car, in order to hold down that
> job he must have a modicum of intelligence so it must occur...

> Given AIUI we are dealing here with a normally responsible company
> director and not some chav in a stolen car, in order to hold down that
> job he must have a modicum of intelligence so it must occur to him that
> it would take the police moments to trace the driver.

> Now if he had run away, hid,

> NM all.com> wrote:
>

>> Given AIUI we are dealing here with a normally responsible company
>> director and not some chav in a stolen car, in order to hold down
>> that job he must have a modicum of intelligence so it must occur to
>> him that it would take the police moments to trace the driver.

>
> Where did you get the information that the drunk driver was a company
> director? The person whose house the drunk driver ran into, the father
> of the little girl, was a company director for Threshers. I've seen no
> comment on the identity or the occupation of the driver yet.
>
> I can find only one report on the incident, repeated with variations
> but essentially the same report on several websites. I'd suggest that
> if you're going to get on your high horse about "joined up thinking"
> and "high horses" and "lack of English comprehension" then at least
> you check your facts carefully.
>

>> Now if he had run away, hid, ...