That's why politicians make the big bucks, arch, they do a great job of governing.
On Sep 11, 7:22 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Come to think of it, that recently caught black cab driver-rapist > lasted more than 20 years with a licence. > > On 11 Sep, 23:32, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Most people where I live don't hail black cabs because Asians have > > taken over the work almost entirely and the cabs are expensive, > > sometimes smelly, and often driven by illegals and people who still > > try to overcharge and blather over mobiles in foreign languages. That > > our governments dump mad and criminal people amongst us is clear > > already. What we need to do is ensure this dumping is shared > > consistently by all members and classes of society. It seems clear > > that judges, doctors and other worthies generally live a long way from > > their decisions. We should move them next door. > > > We have a rehabilitation of offenders act here. I broadly agree > > people should be able to wipe the slate clean. Yet psychopaths are > > three times more likely to convince parole boards they should be > > released than normal criminals, and it's clear police and other > > agencies don't keep proper records (and yet still abuse the freedom of > > information and data protection acts) and that recidivism rates are > > very high. > > > It would seem Lee's paranoid-schizoid cabbie would normally be > > prevented by his conviction being impossible to 'spend' from getting a > > licence. I also know decent people being turned down because of minor > > records long ago. We should reform the rehabilitation of offenders > > act, ensure privacy for those being checked (personnel departments > > should not know details other than yes or no from the cops after the > > applicant has had a chance to query mistakes) and checks should only > > be made for genuinely relevant offences (not ones picked up in > > political protesting for instance), with this being expanded in the > > case of juveniles to include signs of sexual predation (this is > > currently written off at 18). Currently, daft minor dross like a > > shoplifting conviction at 19 is retained (a third of men have some > > kind of minor conviction by 30), whilst all kinds of relevant serious > > stuff is not retained or collated properly - such as matters that > > would have caught the real killer of Lesley Molseed and prevented the > > Soham killings. > > > I might well prefer to travel with a former killer who has gone > > through proper treatment than many of the people in our society judged > > not to be a menace who get no treatment and are so loony they think > > they don't need any. > > > On 11 Sep, 22:08, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm just hung on the "Killed His Wife" part, but knowing how > > > compassionate you are towards murderers, Lee, I can understand your > > > tendentious view. > > > > I'm sure that Black cab drivers have a legitimate complaint in that > > > many people will undoubtedly "avoid" hailing a cab with a black driver > > > as precautionary measure to being killed by a relapse of paranoid > > > schizophrenia. > > > > But of course your more worried about the schizoid murderer than the > > > black cab drivers. > > > > On Sep 11, 7:25 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yesterday on our local London news I hear that thousands of black cab > > > > drivers intend to take to the streets to express their feelings of > > > > anger over a convicted murderer being given licence to take 'the > > > > knowledge' reqiured to allow him to become a black cab driver. > > > > > The man is a paraniod scizophrenic who killed his wife and has been > > > > held for 9 years before being given a clean bill of health and has > > > > since been released. > > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8233750.stm > > > > > Now I have personal experiance with scizophrenia, no not me but a very > > > > good friend of mine, and I know that with the proper medicain those > > > > who suffer form this illness can and do live more or less ordinary > > > > lives. > > > > > You all know me by now so it should come as no suppries to learn that > > > > I feel sorta disgusted by the proposed actions of our cabbies. > > > > > There is in this country a huge stigma attached to mental health and a > > > > lack of understanding of the effects it can have on those who suffer > > > > and their families, I wish it was not so as it seems simple to me, you > > > > would not protest against a man who had say broken a hand and wished > > > > to become a cabbie. > > > > > It doesn't really supprise me though, I figure that not everybody has > > > > encountred those who sufffer. > > > > > So what do you think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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