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Old July 17th 2003, 16:02
Shad Laws Shad Laws is offline
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Re: Crap like this ticks me off!

Hello-

An 86 year old man in California crashed into a farmers market and killed 8 people. And as usuall the driver walks away without a scratch.

His excuse, 'I hit the gas pedal instead of the break'


Hey, lay off this guy. He said he was "really very sorry." Isn't that enough?

Sheesh. He killed 9 people because he was incompetant. They can't figure out if it was "manslaughter of some kind." Of COURSE it was manslaughter! If this was a 20-year-old kid who was driving at 3am, too tired to be at the wheel, he'd be fried. They'd teach him a lesson and make an example. But, because he's a fragile old man, we're being nice???

IMHO, that's prejudice. Or, specifically, "Agism." Old people complain about agism _against_ them all the time, but it is a two-way street!

It's BULL:toilet:

Okay, I'll stop now and pass the soapbox over to the next poster...

Take care,
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