Re: Jailed for speeding?? C'mon...

David Z wrote:
> 
> "Daryl Walford" <dwalford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:l9idnZNJXfvcJY7VnZ2dnUVZ_viunZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > David Z wrote:
> >> Saw the article on the guy who was jailed for going 255 km/h and
thought
> >> it was outrageous.  What harm did he do that justified going behind
bars?
> >> Absolutely none.  A huge fine would more than suffice, IMO.  Remember
the
> >> Seinfeld episode where Elaine argues that there can be degrees of
> >> coincidence, and the woman says there are no big coincidences or
small
> >> coincidences, only coincidences.  I think the same goes for speeding.
> >> You're either speeding or you're not.  I also think it's pointless
> >> suspending his license for 5 years.  Seriously, has anyone who has
ever
> >> had their license suspended *not* driven?  It's a pretty much
> >> unenforceable punishment.
> >
> > The articles I've read about it have been very short on detail but
there
> > were 5 "pursuits" before they caught him which is most likely what the
> > jail sentence was about.
> > He wouldn't have gotten a jail sentence if he had pulled over when the
> > police first chased him.
> 
> The sentence is ridiculous.  It's akin to giving someone a longer
sentence
> for murdering someone with a machine gun as opposed to say, a handgun
(based
> on the theory that the machine gun has the "potential" to do much more
> damage).  Murder is murder, plain and simple.  Just because he had the
> potential to do more damage at 255 km/h than say, 155 km/h, the offense
is
> still exactly the same.

That's like saying if I go into the city and fire a rifle
indiscriminantly but miraculously don't injure anyone, I didn't commit a
serious crime.

You really are a ****ing retard David - do you have any ****ing idea how
much damage a car going that fast could do if he veered into oncoming
traffic? Do you have any ****ing idea of how hard a car can be to
correct if it starts to lose traction around even the slightest of bends
at those sorts of speeds.

You need to ****en grow up shmuk.

If you don't instantly recognise how grossly reckless his actions were,
then you obviously have no idea and shouldn't be on the road yourself.

Had that guy actually ended up cra****ng and killing someone I cared
about, I'd go out and commit a crime (without a victim) just to have a
chance to be put in the same prison just to kill the bastard (as
unlikely as that is)

I just keep holding on to some faint hope that you are in fact an
elaborate troll and not really as much of an imbecile as your posts show
you to be.

-- 
John McKenzie