----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 4:18 PM Subject: Stupid example, Re: Treatment Of Prisoners
> "John D. Giorgis" schreef: > > > I would actually consider both of them to be major and significant crimes. > > > > A much better example would be a person who's friends suffered a fall in a > > rock-climbing accident. This person then drives at speeds well above posted > > speed-limits to get the friend to an emergency room .... > > .... and crashes into a child and it's mom who were just then legally crossing > the street .... > > > vs. murder or grand theft. > > Exceeding speed limits is very very stupid, unless you are trained and equipped > to do so. Just because you get lucky and don't kill someone doing it, doesn't > make it OK or a minor crime. > You wouldnt last five minutes on Houstons freeways in that case. Hardly anyone drives *under* the speed limit. If you drive to work, and we all do, you have enough hours over the speed limit to qualify you to drive anything at any speed anywhere. Just the other day I was driving a JLG Boom Lift the wrong way on a crowded downtown one way street as fast as it could go, and no one blinked at me including the cops. (I'm the designated heavy machinery operator at work.) Driving fast is an American way of life. xponent VROOOOOOM VROOOOOOOM VROOOOOOM Maru rob
