"Howard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:To Albert.
I thought I wasn't hallucinating, I would still like to see an 'in print' version of the story
though. I heard about it whilst listening to the radio over in N.Wales.
it was in last saturdays edition of clarkson on saturday in the currant bun it's not in the archive
(I tried to find a link for you) perhaps Mr Clarkson would email the article to you.. but with legal
action pending, he may not.
Quoted message said:Yes, rats are vermin but there does seem to be something rather suspect about people gathering
together to batter wild animals to death for fun, even rats.
indeed there does. I don't know if it was for fun, I wasn't there.
if it happened at all I bet it was crazy. the thought of a load of grown men with sticks
walloping rats in a barn for whatever reason is, rats rights aside, a stange image with loads of
mileage for humour...
Quoted message said:I have heard this 'freedom of expresssion [censored]' before.
it's hardly [censored], you're doing it now. if that's [censored] so's what you are saying.
Quoted message said:How about the freedom to use the public highway free of the fear of being mown down by some boy
racer whose limited mental powers have been overly influenced by watching the antics of wan*kers
like Clarkeson on TV?
sadly, it doesn't exist, and without the boy racers being made as aware of their responsibilities as
they are about thier rights it's going to remain a dog eat dog caper each time we venture out on the
roads with car or bike.
Quoted message said:How about the freedom to be allowed to continue to live rather then being killed or maimed by some
guillable halfwit who has been conned into spending every spare penny they earn on some
overweight, overpowered car because they don't have the intelligence and independence of thought
to construct a truly meaningful life?
I couldn't agree more old bean. though it is possible to buy and run a car without being conned or
mowing down assorted peds, bikers and cyclists. best not lump everyone in the same highly
generalised category
Quoted message said:'Mostly harmless'? OK, so 'Top Gear' now seems to use a race track for its demonstrations of
handbrake turns and so on, but it still encourages an irresponsible attitude to car use, if only
because it suggest that cars are primarily a way of 'having fun' and 'excitement, rather then
being tin boxes to get one from A to B. Certainly the local petrol heads, not having access to a
private race track, seem to think that the street outside my house is a suitable place to
replicate the sort of behaviour seen on programs like 'Top Gear'.
no, his outlandish comments about our neighbours and his irreverence about the hand that feeds him
is what I was on about. the recent move to micopenis v micropenis on a 'racetrack' is, I think both
wrong and a pendulum like reaction to the saftey nazis and lifestyle police that forced top gear to
concentrate on mpg, features and the urban cycle for so long.
Quoted message said:Yes, I am fully aware that Clarkson is a [censored] taker, and of the view that his opinions should be
seen a a bit of a joke. However, I don't think that the 3500 a year killed by speeding and
irresponsibly/incompetently driven cars, or rather their grieving relatives, see the joke much,
nor are they likely to regard Clarksons selfish and dismissive arrogance with a 'light heart' ...
1500 people die falling down stairs. hundreds of people present to A & E with incedents involving
cotton wool. you can't legislate stupidity out of the gene pool, sadly. I think the confluence of
increased awareness and improved vehicles will lower the figures somewhat, but there will always be
casualties and it has to be said that it's quite remarkable that, given the speeds involved and the
miles travelled, there are so few deaths.
every death is an upset for the relatives but some may be doing the gene pool a favour by taking
themselves out.
Quoted message said:Of course, if any of the above leaves you feeling a little 'humourless' just remember that it is
not only Clarkson who enjoys winding people up...
oh, it takes more that a few harmless, freedom of expression type questions for me to lose my sense
of humour. after all, it's just a frank exchange of views.
be careful out there, people, it's not safe.
Albert
