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04-14-2004, 05:49 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
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> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:32:35 GMT, "xkred27" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
> >(Note quote: "He had not realized that he struck the
> >bicyclists")
>
> I'll bet this guy is a repeat DUI, or 502 in California.
>
> I have lost friends to drunk drivers, and I say this with all
> sincerity.
>
> One offense, and you become a lifelong pedestrian.
>
> Do it again -- even ONCE again, and your eyes get put out. Poked
> right out of your head.
>
> That is the ONLY deterrent for these morons.

WRT drunk driving sentences, there was a story on our local news tonight
about one of these cases. The guy had been drinking and also did a line
of coke, then got in the car with two of his friends and went out and
raced another guy down the road. He crashed and killed both of his
passengers.

Today he was sentenced to 12 years in jail.

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04-14-2004, 05:49 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:32:35 GMT, "xkred27" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
> >(Note quote: "He had not realized that he struck the
> >bicyclists")
>
> I'll bet this guy is a repeat DUI, or 502 in California.
>
> I have lost friends to drunk drivers, and I say this with all
> sincerity.
>
> One offense, and you become a lifelong pedestrian.
>
> Do it again -- even ONCE again, and your eyes get put out. Poked
> right out of your head.
>
> That is the ONLY deterrent for these morons.

WRT drunk driving sentences, there was a story on our local news tonight
about one of these cases. The guy had been drinking and also did a line
of coke, then got in the car with two of his friends and went out and
raced another guy down the road. He crashed and killed both of his
passengers.

Today he was sentenced to 12 years in jail.

--
Dave Kerber
Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying!

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04-14-2004, 05:49 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:32:35 GMT, "xkred27" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
> >(Note quote: "He had not realized that he struck the
> >bicyclists")
>
> I'll bet this guy is a repeat DUI, or 502 in California.
>
> I have lost friends to drunk drivers, and I say this with all
> sincerity.
>
> One offense, and you become a lifelong pedestrian.
>
> Do it again -- even ONCE again, and your eyes get put out. Poked
> right out of your head.
>
> That is the ONLY deterrent for these morons.

WRT drunk driving sentences, there was a story on our local news tonight
about one of these cases. The guy had been drinking and also did a line
of coke, then got in the car with two of his friends and went out and
raced another guy down the road. He crashed and killed both of his
passengers.

Today he was sentenced to 12 years in jail.

--
Dave Kerber
Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying!

REAL programmers write self-modifying code.

04-14-2004, 10:09 PM

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:08:09 -0400, Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>>> > I seem to recall a case in Texas where a young man knocked on the door
>>
>>There was a similar case with a scottish man, trying asking directions.
>
>Considering the abundance of different versions and locations, I'd
>say this is either very common, or an urban legend...

Nope. The shooter was named Peairs. Shootee was Yoshi Hatori, a
Japanese exchange student. It happened in Louisiana not Texas.
That's enough to google it.

04-14-2004, 10:09 PM

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:08:09 -0400, Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>>> > I seem to recall a case in Texas where a young man knocked on the door
>>
>>There was a similar case with a scottish man, trying asking directions.
>
>Considering the abundance of different versions and locations, I'd
>say this is either very common, or an urban legend...

Nope. The shooter was named Peairs. Shootee was Yoshi Hatori, a
Japanese exchange student. It happened in Louisiana not Texas.
That's enough to google it.

04-14-2004, 10:09 PM

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:08:09 -0400, Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>>> > I seem to recall a case in Texas where a young man knocked on the door
>>
>>There was a similar case with a scottish man, trying asking directions.
>
>Considering the abundance of different versions and locations, I'd
>say this is either very common, or an urban legend...

Nope. The shooter was named Peairs. Shootee was Yoshi Hatori, a
Japanese exchange student. It happened in Louisiana not Texas.
That's enough to google it.

04-14-2004, 10:09 PM

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:08:09 -0400, Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>>> > I seem to recall a case in Texas where a young man knocked on the door
>>
>>There was a similar case with a scottish man, trying asking directions.
>
>Considering the abundance of different versions and locations, I'd
>say this is either very common, or an urban legend...

Nope. The shooter was named Peairs. Shootee was Yoshi Hatori, a
Japanese exchange student. It happened in Louisiana not Texas.
That's enough to google it.

04-14-2004, 10:12 PM

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:47:14 GMT, DiabloScott
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>
>Aren't lawyers automatically disbarred for a felony conviction?

Among lawyers, the only crime is getting caught. They spend six
months pf law school learning the law, and the next several years
learning ways around it.

04-14-2004, 10:12 PM

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:47:14 GMT, DiabloScott
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>
>Aren't lawyers automatically disbarred for a felony conviction?

Among lawyers, the only crime is getting caught. They spend six
months pf law school learning the law, and the next several years
learning ways around it.

04-14-2004, 10:12 PM

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:47:14 GMT, DiabloScott
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>
>Aren't lawyers automatically disbarred for a felony conviction?

Among lawyers, the only crime is getting caught. They spend six
months pf law school learning the law, and the next several years
learning ways around it.