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"The Grey Man" wrote in message ... On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:58:17 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: I know it's difficult to sympathise with someone cut down by their own criminal actions, but it's not a crime for which anyone is going to suggest a death sentence is appropriate. So in the sense that they didn't get a chance to serve their sentence and didn't get a chance to go on to become reformed upright citizens, I do feel sorry for them. Are you for real? It may well be a gut feeling for many to feel they got what they deserved, and theft is a deplorable offence. We've left the days of "let the punishment fit the crime" long ago. Nowadays, owners of dangerous equipment such as high voltage overhead lines or underground cables, have to protect the offenders agianst their own stupidity. The Electricity supply industry near me had a primary substaton surrounded by an 8 ft high Lochrin fence. This wasn't enough to prevent thieves getting in to the substation, so coils of razor wire were installed inside the Lochrin fencing as were signs warning thieves of the presence of the razor wire!!! Not only did the thieves die, but the families, presumably innocent, suffered a life long loss. This is the sad bit. Bill |
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Bill Grey wrote:
"The Grey Man" wrote in message ... On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:58:17 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: I know it's difficult to sympathise with someone cut down by their own criminal actions, but it's not a crime for which anyone is going to suggest a death sentence is appropriate. So in the sense that they didn't get a chance to serve their sentence and didn't get a chance to go on to become reformed upright citizens, I do feel sorry for them. Are you for real? It may well be a gut feeling for many to feel they got what they deserved, and theft is a deplorable offence. We've left the days of "let the punishment fit the crime" long ago. Thank **** for that. -- Adam |
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On Jan 22, 8:34*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
"The Grey Man" wrote in messagenews:9vmoh79vcnmksc1co1dbsifnotlijod56d@4ax .com... On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:58:17 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: I know it's difficult to sympathise with someone cut down by their own criminal actions, but it's not a crime for which anyone is going to suggest a death sentence is appropriate. So in the sense that they didn't get a chance to serve their sentence and didn't get a chance to go on to become reformed upright citizens, I do feel sorry for them. Are you for real? It may well be a gut feeling for many *to feel they got what they deserved, and theft is a deplorable offence. *We've left the days of "let the punishment fit the crime" long ago. Nowadays, owners of dangerous equipment such as high voltage overhead lines or underground cables, have to protect the offenders agianst their own stupidity. The Electricity supply industry near me had a primary substaton surrounded by an 8 ft high Lochrin fence. This wasn't enough to prevent thieves getting in to the substation, so coils of razor wire were installed inside the Lochrin fencing as were signs warning thieves of the presence of the razor wire!!! Not only did the thieves die, but the families, presumably innocent, suffered a life long loss. *This is the sad bit. Bill Gotta disagree with you there. These scum committed not just a crime but a sheer act of utter stupidity on a level that beggars belief. How would you have felt if you were a passenger on one of the many trains that were held up due to this insane act? Not only that but there is also the cost of replacing the damage, the cos of the rescue crews time, the cost of lost service to the Train Operating Company. I have absolutely no sympathy at all but no doubt their thick gang friends won't take note and will be back to rob the network of more cables pretty soon. It's a pity that death was instant for those two loons. McK. |
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"ARWadsworth" wrote in message ... Bill Grey wrote: "The Grey Man" wrote in message ... On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:58:17 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: I know it's difficult to sympathise with someone cut down by their own criminal actions, but it's not a crime for which anyone is going to suggest a death sentence is appropriate. So in the sense that they didn't get a chance to serve their sentence and didn't get a chance to go on to become reformed upright citizens, I do feel sorry for them. Are you for real? It may well be a gut feeling for many to feel they got what they deserved, and theft is a deplorable offence. We've left the days of "let the punishment fit the crime" long ago. Thank **** for that. -- Adam Your contribution has resulted in your being kill-filed. Bill |
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"joe" writes:
But were the signs in 20 different languages, judging by their colour, they might not have been able to read the signs. Or able to read. Full stop. -- Windmill, Use t m i l l J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ O n e t e l . c o m All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost |
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On 21/01/2012 22:26, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In , Steve writes: On 20/01/2012 18:51, harry wrote: Not for the faint hearted this one! http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8130.0 Judging by the dried foam on his head Remains of their hats Look again at the fifth photo and you will see that there is some dried foam on a remaining unburnt piece of his red hat. |
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On Jan 22, 6:57*pm, The Grey Man wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:58:17 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: I know it's difficult to sympathise with someone cut down by their own criminal actions, but it's not a crime for which anyone is going to suggest a death sentence is appropriate. So in the sense that they didn't get a chance to serve their sentence and didn't get a chance to go on to become reformed upright citizens, I do feel sorry for them. Are you for real? He's humane. How can you triumph in the death of these people? Do you know their backstories? Do you know if they'd done this before? Do you know if they were doing it because someone was threatening their children / wife / family? No, you don't. It sickens me when people gloat about the death of anyone. These men had the same human value as you and I. Even if there is no sob story behind their lives, they were just in it to make some quick money, and had no family that cared about them there is no reason to gloat. "No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." John Donne. Matt |
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On Jan 23, 10:00*am, larkim wrote:
On Jan 22, 6:57*pm, The Grey Man wrote: On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:58:17 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: I know it's difficult to sympathise with someone cut down by their own criminal actions, but it's not a crime for which anyone is going to suggest a death sentence is appropriate. So in the sense that they didn't get a chance to serve their sentence and didn't get a chance to go on to become reformed upright citizens, I do feel sorry for them. Are you for real? He's humane. *How can you triumph in the death of these people? *Do you know their backstories? *Do you know if they'd done this before? Do you know if they were doing it because someone was threatening their children / wife / family? *No, you don't. *It sickens me when people gloat about the death of anyone. *These men had the same human value as you and I. *Even if there is no sob story behind their lives, they were just in it to make some quick money, and had no family that cared about them there is no reason to gloat. "No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." John Donne. Matt Once you get a certain number of scum loose in any society, it will fail. There are too many non-productive idle *******s in our own society who somehow seem to think they deserve a living without working. Well two less to pass on their faulty genes. What happened to them arose because they had never been taught about consequences. |
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In article , Steve O
scribeth thus On 20/01/2012 18:51, harry wrote: Not for the faint hearted this one! http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8130.0 Judging by the dried foam on his head and the fire spread, it looks as if these two were still alight or smouldering nicely when the emergency services arrived. I think it would be useful for police to consider using these images in a warning campaign to deter metal thieves. They know what there're doing, and they know that getting killed is a risk they take, but that doesn't stop them. We had a comms site a while ago where they took SIX inches yes 6 inches of earthing braid, thats like what connects car batteries to the metalwork of the car in older vehicles. What that was worth I don't know. Hardly worth the fuel to drive out to a lone hill top and nick just that. Fuel, I wonder where they got that from;-?... -- Tony Sayer |
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:34:07 -0000, "Bill Grey"
wrote: The Electricity supply industry near me had a primary substaton surrounded by an 8 ft high Lochrin fence. This wasn't enough to prevent thieves getting in to the substation, so coils of razor wire were installed inside the Lochrin fencing as were signs warning thieves of the presence of the razor wire!!! Not only did the thieves die, but the families, presumably innocent, suffered a life long loss. This is the sad bit. They bled to death because of the razor wire or did they somehow get past that? -- |
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:33:24 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote: in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too. I can see that if you attended an American or American-funded/influenced school, but the metre was standard spelling in the UK back then. |
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:11:56 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote: Once you get a certain number of scum loose in any society, it will fail. There are too many non-productive idle *******s in our own society who somehow seem to think they deserve a living without working. See that? That's a huge irony, that is. If the idle useless scum had put as much effort into doing something legit, they'd have been better off (apart from being not dead, that is) - ffs, going round knocking doors asking for tidying work, painting fences, car washing, window cleaning, bit of brain surgery on the side, anything to make a few quid. |
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In article ,
wrote: On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:33:24 +0000 (GMT), charles wrote: in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too. I can see that if you attended an American or American-funded/influenced school, but the metre was standard spelling in the UK back then. no - it was very British - but I suppose our physics text books might have been American - but I doubt it since they dealt with the cgs system (which the American had probably never hear of) -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.16 |
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In article 9e3a51ee-83ea-4b24-b742-0ca865077ac3
@b23g2000yqn.googlegroups.com, says... Once you get a certain number of scum loose in any society, it will fail. Well, we don't all take the same view on who are the scum tearing society apart. Janet |
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:13:30 +0000, Jim wrote:
Ah the great God the Quid eh? Well, they weren't attempting to nick the copper to use as decorative trim on their kitchen cabinets, were they? |
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Huge wrote: Nowadays, owners of dangerous equipment such as high voltage overhead lines or underground cables, have to protect the offenders agianst their own stupidity. Not in my world. Stupidity is a capital offence. Then the world would be empty, except for the hangman. So who would hang him? -- *Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 23/01/2012 10:00, larkim wrote:
On Jan 22, 6:57 pm, The Grey wrote: On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:58:17 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: I know it's difficult to sympathise with someone cut down by their own criminal actions, but it's not a crime for which anyone is going to suggest a death sentence is appropriate. So in the sense that they didn't get a chance to serve their sentence and didn't get a chance to go on to become reformed upright citizens, I do feel sorry for them. Are you for real? He's humane. How can you triumph in the death of these people? Do you know their backstories? Do you know if they'd done this before? Do you know if they were doing it because someone was threatening their children / wife / family? No, you don't. And nor do you. It sickens me when people gloat about the death of anyone. These men had the same human value as you and I. NO they didn't! They had total contempt for any form of human value. Even if there is no sob story behind their lives, they were just in it to make some quick money, and had no family that cared about them there is no reason to gloat. "No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." John Donne. Matt -- Moving things in still pictures |
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On 21/01/2012 17:31, 'Mike' wrote:
"David in Normandy" wrote in message r... On 20/01/2012 23:04, Nigel Oldfield wrote: On 20/01/2012 18:51, harry wrote: Not for the faint hearted this one! http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8130.0 Gotta sting. Bet it came as a shock. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. An electrifying experience? Mike Well, that's good enough for the current thread. -- Moving things in still pictures |
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On Jan 23, 2:41*pm, ®i©ardo wrote:
people gloat about the death of anyone. *These men had the same human value as you and I. NO they didn't! They had total contempt for any form of human value. Wow. A petty criminal has "total contempt for any form of human value". I really hope I don't know you in the physical world outside usenet. They were nicking some metal. They weren't torturing people. They may well have had total contempt for everybody else's personal wealth, but no human value. You sicken me. Matt |
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On 23/01/2012 13:05, charles wrote:
In , wrote: On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:33:24 +0000 (GMT), charles wrote: in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too. I can see that if you attended an American or American-funded/influenced school, but the metre was standard spelling in the UK back then. no - it was very British - but I suppose our physics text books might have been American - but I doubt it since they dealt with the cgs system (which the American had probably never hear of) No, it was American! I too attended school in the fifties and grew up with millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres - including the correct pronunciation of the last one! -- Moving things in still pictures |
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On 21/01/2012 22:26, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In , Steve writes: On 20/01/2012 18:51, harry wrote: Not for the faint hearted this one! http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8130.0 Judging by the dried foam on his head Remains of their hats and the fire spread, Extent of the plasma arc path across the surface of the ground - a self-sustaining fire is unlikely it looks as if these two were still alight or smouldering nicely when the emergency services arrived. They will have stood back and watched, until assured by the electric company that the power was off, and attendance at site of electric company personel to test it really is off. I think it would be useful for police to consider using these images in a warning campaign to deter metal thieves. They never do, in case someone is offended. You could say the same for car/motorbike crashes, etc. It would probably help significantly if teenagers understood how fragile their bodies are by actually seeing what happens to bodies in a crash before they were allowed to control a vehicle on the road, but that would be politically unacceptable, so they are let loose at a time in their lives where they are under a complete misapprehension of being indestructable. Surely that is one of the joys of youth when you can be convinced of your own immortality. It's part of the learning process - sometimes ending in death - Darwinism in action. -- Moving things in still pictures |
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On 23/01/2012 14:51, larkim wrote:
On Jan 23, 2:41 pm, wrote: people gloat about the death of anyone. These men had the same human value as you and I. NO they didn't! They had total contempt for any form of human value. Wow. A petty criminal has "total contempt for any form of human value". I really hope I don't know you in the physical world outside usenet. They were nicking some metal. They weren't torturing people. They may well have had total contempt for everybody else's personal wealth, but no human value. You sicken me. Matt They were putting other people's lives at risk for personal gain, with a total contempt for anyone else's needs, requirements, safety or well-being. I hope I never meet you in the real world. -- Moving things in still pictures |
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®i©ardo wrote: They were putting other people's lives at risk for personal gain, with a total contempt for anyone else's needs, requirements, safety or well-being. How do you know they were putting lives at risk? They certainly didn't care about anyone other than themselves - but what thief does? What's far more worrying is the self righteous hang them and flog them brigade. As if they never ever broke the law. Just remember - speeding puts other's life at risk. If you want dramatics. -- *A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes In article , ®i©ardo wrote: They were putting other people's lives at risk for personal gain, with a total contempt for anyone else's needs, requirements, safety or well-being. How do you know they were putting lives at risk? They certainly didn't care about anyone other than themselves - but what thief does? What's far more worrying is the self righteous hang them and flog them brigade. As if they never ever broke the law. Just remember - speeding puts other's life at risk. If you want dramatics. No power, no phone service, no signalling on roads and railways, no train services (etc). No, I simply can't see how the disruption of any of these services could possible put lives at risk. -- Ian |
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On Jan 23, 10:00*am, larkim wrote:
On Jan 22, 6:57*pm, The Grey Man wrote: On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:58:17 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: I know it's difficult to sympathise with someone cut down by their own criminal actions, but it's not a crime for which anyone is going to suggest a death sentence is appropriate. So in the sense that they didn't get a chance to serve their sentence and didn't get a chance to go on to become reformed upright citizens, I do feel sorry for them. Are you for real? He's humane. *How can you triumph in the death of these people? *Do you know their backstories? *Do you know if they'd done this before? Do you know if they were doing it because someone was threatening their children / wife / family? *No, you don't. *It sickens me when people gloat about the death of anyone. *These men had the same human value as you and I. Are youo really sure about that ? What makes you think they wouldnb;t slit yuort through for teh price of a copper wire ? Theer's only one thing we can be sure of and that is they will nbever reoffend. *Even if there is no sob story behind their lives, they were just in it to make some quick money, and had no family that cared about them there is no reason to gloat. Maybe not gloat but what if they;'d caused an accident pileup or servre delays. What if that delay meant someone dying because a surgeon didn;t get to the hospital or time or everyone else gets delayed because they want to make some quick money. "No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." John Donne. I'd say they were on the short list for the Darwin awards. Matt |
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On 23/01/2012 16:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In , wrote: They were putting other people's lives at risk for personal gain, with a total contempt for anyone else's needs, requirements, safety or well-being. How do you know they were putting lives at risk? They certainly didn't care about anyone other than themselves - but what thief does? What's far more worrying is the self righteous hang them and flog them brigade. As if they never ever broke the law. How do you KNOW otherwise? Suppose they had got away with it, leaving a live wire exposed to the elements and passers by... Just remember - speeding puts other's life at risk. If you want dramatics. ....or even red herrings. Please show here I have suggested "hanging and flogging". Perhaps I was merely marvelling at Darwinism in action. They would seem to have been the architects of their own destiny and I, for one, see no reason to shed a tear for their passing. -- Moving things in still pictures |
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On Jan 23, 1:05*pm, charles wrote:
In article , * wrote: On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:33:24 +0000 (GMT), charles wrote: in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too. I can see that if you attended an American or American-funded/influenced school, but the metre was standard spelling in the UK back then. no - it was very British - but I suppose our physics text books might have been American - but I doubt it since they dealt with the cgs system (which the American had probably never hear of) I thought it went back to anglo-saxon times no fogeting centre, honour. I heaqrd that jeffersons original document of teh declaration of independence had teh spelliong honour, but it was later changed to honor. -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.16 |
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®i©ardo wrote: On 23/01/2012 16:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In , wrote: They were putting other people's lives at risk for personal gain, with a total contempt for anyone else's needs, requirements, safety or well-being. How do you know they were putting lives at risk? They certainly didn't care about anyone other than themselves - but what thief does? What's far more worrying is the self righteous hang them and flog them brigade. As if they never ever broke the law. How do you KNOW otherwise? Suppose they had got away with it, leaving a live wire exposed to the elements and passers by... You're supposing - again. Just remember - speeding puts other's life at risk. If you want dramatics. ...or even red herrings. Please show here I have suggested "hanging and flogging". Perhaps I was merely marvelling at Darwinism in action. They would seem to have been the architects of their own destiny and I, for one, see no reason to shed a tear for their passing. Of course not. Didn't think you were human. Let me sum it up. You don't care if someone lives or dies because they have done something you disapprove of. But expect that same person to be worried about others? -- *Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson" * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:51:46 -0800, harry wrote:
Not for the faint hearted this one! http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8130.0 That'll buff right out. |
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Huge wrote:
On 2012-01-22, Bill Grey wrote: Nowadays, owners of dangerous equipment such as high voltage overhead lines or underground cables, have to protect the offenders agianst their own stupidity. Not in my world. Stupidity is a capital offence. So that dennis in death row then. -- Adam |
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Janet wrote:
In article 9e3a51ee-83ea-4b24-b742-0ca865077ac3 @b23g2000yqn.googlegroups.com, says... Once you get a certain number of scum loose in any society, it will fail. Well, we don't all take the same view on who are the scum tearing society apart. Janet Nicely put. -- |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , ®i©ardo wrote: On 23/01/2012 16:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In , wrote: They were putting other people's lives at risk for personal gain, with a total contempt for anyone else's needs, requirements, safety or well-being. How do you know they were putting lives at risk? They certainly didn't care about anyone other than themselves - but what thief does? What's far more worrying is the self righteous hang them and flog them brigade. As if they never ever broke the law. How do you KNOW otherwise? Suppose they had got away with it, leaving a live wire exposed to the elements and passers by... You're supposing - again. After the supposition his family were starving, it compares as a milder point. Just remember - speeding puts other's life at risk. If you want dramatics. ...or even red herrings. Please show here I have suggested "hanging and flogging". Perhaps I was merely marvelling at Darwinism in action. They would seem to have been the architects of their own destiny and I, for one, see no reason to shed a tear for their passing. Of course not. Didn't think you were human. Let me sum it up. You don't care if someone lives or dies because they have done something you disapprove of. But expect that same person to be worried about others? He would not be the same person if he worried about others, would he? -- |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Let me sum it up. You don't care if someone lives or dies because they have done something you disapprove of. No, but if they get killed committing criminal acts where it is obvious there is a sever danger off death, like nicking lead of church rooves, or nicking live cables, I am not going to lose any sleep over it OK? |
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On 23/01/2012 16:17, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes In article , ®i©ardo wrote: They were putting other people's lives at risk for personal gain, with a total contempt for anyone else's needs, requirements, safety or well-being. How do you know they were putting lives at risk? They certainly didn't care about anyone other than themselves - but what thief does? What's far more worrying is the self righteous hang them and flog them brigade. As if they never ever broke the law. Just remember - speeding puts other's life at risk. If you want dramatics. No power, no phone service, no signalling on roads and railways, no train services (etc). No, I simply can't see how the disruption of any of these services could possible put lives at risk. You forgot about hospital equipment, ventilators in the home, etc. The OP obviously doesn't realize that power cuts can kill people. |
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In message , Andrew Gabriel
writes In article , McKevvy writes: On Jan 20, 6:51*pm, harry wrote: Not for the faint hearted this one!http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8130.0 Yup. This was posted in uk.railway a few days ago. They don't get my sympathy. I know it's difficult to sympathise with someone cut down by their own criminal actions, but it's not a crime for which anyone is going to suggest a death sentence is appropriate. So in the sense that they didn't get a chance to serve their sentence and didn't get a chance to go on to become reformed upright citizens, I do feel sorry for them. Of course, I have no way of knowing if they would have taken that chance even if it had been made available to them, or if they would have continued to be a blight on society, or if they've been a blight on society for some time before this. **** happens -- hugh |
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In message , 'Mike'
writes "David in Normandy" wrote in message . fr... On 20/01/2012 23:04, Nigel Oldfield wrote: On 20/01/2012 18:51, harry wrote: Not for the faint hearted this one! http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8130.0 Gotta sting. Bet it came as a shock. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. An electrifying experience? Mike Enough to make your hair stand on end :-( -- hugh |
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"joe" wrote in message ... Janet wrote: In article 9e3a51ee-83ea-4b24-b742-0ca865077ac3 @b23g2000yqn.googlegroups.com, says... Once you get a certain number of scum loose in any society, it will fail. Well, we don't all take the same view on who are the scum tearing society apart. Janet Nicely put. lol -- http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/ |
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Steve O wrote: No power, no phone service, no signalling on roads and railways, no train services (etc). No, I simply can't see how the disruption of any of these services could possible put lives at risk. You forgot about hospital equipment, ventilators in the home, etc. The OP obviously doesn't realize that power cuts can kill people. Power cuts can and do happen without cables being nicked. If that power is essential, backup should be provided. -- *If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:25:14 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: In article , Steve O wrote: No power, no phone service, no signalling on roads and railways, no train services (etc). No, I simply can't see how the disruption of any of these services could possible put lives at risk. You forgot about hospital equipment, ventilators in the home, etc. The OP obviously doesn't realize that power cuts can kill people. Power cuts can and do happen without cables being nicked. If that power is essential, backup should be provided. Hospitals always (?) have standby alternators, but what about, for example, renal dialysis machines used in private homes? Or all these type of things battery powered nowadays? Indeed, are such things used at all now? :-) -- Frank Erskine |
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