RE: [lace-chat] Rock throwing
There was a fireman interviewed on television yesterday and he has said that the fire brigade are now watching all bridges while going about their duties to keep an eye out for any suspicious goings on, many eyes may bring some of these idiots to justice. Sue M Harvey To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace-chat] Rock throwing
While my first reaction is just as both of you say, my instinct is that (1) exposing the victims to the delinquents who maimed them is cruel and counter-productive for them, and (2) seeing pain and death over and over will desensitize a person eventually, and they may become more hardened in the process. Some years ago, there was actually an experimental program (here in the US, I believe), in which criminals who had caused a death were made to observe an autopsy. They mostly became violently ill, but if I recall, there was no evidence that this changed their attitudes about moral decisions. Clay On 1/1/2012 11:00 AM, David C COLLYER wrote: Dear Jean, I think anyone, whatever the age, who throws missiles at vehicles, when caught, should be taken to the morgue and shown the body of someone injured in a car crash. I don't care how much trauma is causes them - it might just stop them doing it again. I've thought about that over the years for all hoons. But I think that these days they've seen so many gory bodies on TV that it may not have the desired effect. What I would recommend is to make them work in Rehab with the injured for weeks and weeks. As an aside, I remember well the first time I ever saw a close up of a bullet going into a forehead in a movie. That was "Soldier Blue" in 1971 at a cinema in Nottinghill Gate, London. I actually fainted in my seat!!! David in Ballarat, AUS To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace-chat] Rock throwing
Dear Jean, I think anyone, whatever the age, who throws missiles at vehicles, when caught, should be taken to the morgue and shown the body of someone injured in a car crash. I don't care how much trauma is causes them - it might just stop them doing it again. I've thought about that over the years for all hoons. But I think that these days they've seen so many gory bodies on TV that it may not have the desired effect. What I would recommend is to make them work in Rehab with the injured for weeks and weeks. As an aside, I remember well the first time I ever saw a close up of a bullet going into a forehead in a movie. That was "Soldier Blue" in 1971 at a cinema in Nottinghill Gate, London. I actually fainted in my seat!!! David in Ballarat, AUS To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace-chat] Happy New Year and H E L P....... Please
I think the first thing I would do is consult Samsung customer service. They may have a standard protocol for dealing with that. You may need to go to your computer to get the information you need. Once you're up and running again, you should probably get a virus protection program. Initially, it was believed that this wasn't needed on Android devices, but I didn't trust that, and installed Bitdefender on my Motorola Xoom. Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA. USA To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Idiom question for the UK
The phrase 'redding up' has been mentioned in an email from an American friend and I am trying hard to remember in which part of the UK this is common parlance. Is it possibly northern England somewhere? Patricia in Wales To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Happy New Year and H E L P....... Please
Happy New Year to everyone on arachne. My New Year has had an interesting start and I'm hoping that one of you may be able to help me out. I was bought a Samsung tablet a couple of months ago and have been having an interesting time getting to know how to use it etc etc. Used it this morning all was fine, but it was getting low on battery and so having switched it off I then went and connected it to the mains to charge it - then instead of the usual band whihc gradually turns green to show its charging the screen went black a yellow warning sign triangle appeared with the image of a robot shovelling something depicted in the middle below in yellow letters it reads "Downloading... Do Not turn off target!!!" Needless to say I wasn't expecting this and my first reaction was to unplug and press the off switch again - absolutley nothing happens and hour on and the screen still shows the sign and message and I'm still not able to do anything at all with the tablet. I'm assuming that it's been hacked but does anyone have any idea what I can do please? Nicky in Suffolk To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Rock throwing
Liz wrote: The problem is that they don't think as far as death or injury. I bet you didn't think of what could happen when you pointed a hose at cars, did you David. A couple of 11 year-olds at the school where I was a teacher went on a spree at another school smashing windows. When asked why they did it, it was because it was fun. As far as they were concerned they were just windows - they didn't think that there could be someone behind the windows who could be injured; that the broken glass would cause damage in the room inside; that it would cost thousands of pounds to replace the windows without the cost of anything damaged inside the room; that someone had to pay for the windows to be replaced - they were just windows and fun to smash. On a nearby estate the bus company has stopped running buses after 6 pm because feral youths are throwing rocks at the buses. Fortunately the decent adults on the estate shopped those concerned because they wanted their buses back. I think anyone, whatever the age, who throws missiles at vehicles, when caught, should be taken to the morgue and shown the body of someone injured in a car crash. I don't care how much trauma is causes them - it might just stop them doing it again. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
