RE: I'm with Khan

["Chadwick, John/COR/INV" <jchadwic@ch2m.com>]

I thought I tried to stop this. Guess it didn't work.

Chadwick

-----Original Message-----
From: Ng, Kevin (Bank of America Commercial Finance)
[mailto:kevin.ng@bankofamericacf.com]
Sent: June 30, 2000 10:20 AM
To: 'jettaglx@igtc.com'
Subject: RE: I'm with Khan


Spare us the philosophical arguments and let's get back to reality ok? Laws
are created by the people, for the people. If you want to live in this
country, you must abide by its laws, no matter how immoral, unethical,
counter-productive, and frivolous they may be. You break the law, you pay.
It's that simple. 

Yeah, the "system" will seem unfair at times, especially when it doesn't go
your way. But for the most part, it works. I know we don't live in a perfect
society, and I don't pretend to be living in one. 

This is not directed towards anyone in particular (but I'll put the flame
suit on anyway); it's just my take on the matter.

Kevin Ng
97 Jetta GLX Windsor Blue "I pay my bills" edition

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Will @ The GMS [SMTP:will@givemeslack.com]
> Sent:	Friday, June 30, 2000 11:51 AM
> To:	jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject:	RE: I'm with Khan
> 
> Hi D.J.
> 
> A few things I wanted to point out in regards to your post:
> 
> 1. While it is noble to admit when one is wrong and take your "medicine"
> there is nothing noble about falling into "traps" created by "the system"
> 
> Most of us live in areas where speed limits are there less for public
> safty
> and more as a revenue generating device for the local law enforcment
> agencies.
> 
> Here in South Carolina (I'm moving to Virgina Beach next week - thank bob)
> we have whole entire towns which subsist soley on penelizing driving
> enthusiast.  (The joke is circular reasoning - we need a radar equiped
> patrol car so we can catch more speeders, so we can buy more cruisers, so
> we
> can catch more speeders... and so on.)
> 
> How bad has it gotten?  In Greenville County (SC) there are stretches of
> Intersate 85 which are patroled not by motor cycle or cruiser cops.... but
> by light aircraft circling over over passes timing speeders based upon how
> quickly they pass over white lines on the road.  Once they spot a speeder
> they radio to a waiting squad car to pull the person.  Cameras are also
> being installed which will take pictures of licence plates and mail you a
> ticket.
> 
> In a perfect world we'd be able to zip along in our high performance,
> highly
> responsive VWs while the guy in the 1978 buick going 90mph would get
> pulled.
> 
> Unfourtunatly "the system" weeds out cops who have the ability to use
> critial thinking skills and instead places bitter, low paid, under
> educated
> people in positions of power.  All too often the jealously these people
> feel
> for our higher paying jobs and nicer cars translates in to a not so nice
> ticket where a more understanding person would let us slide.
> 
> 2.  Let's try to keep religion out of polotics and law making.  Either
> that
> or let's tax the churches.  Your god may want you to be honest and fair
> and
> all that jazz... but I'm sure he doesn't intend for you to be duped in to
> falling prey to a courput system (created by "the" man) which filches from
> the masses and gives to the status quo.
> 
> Anyway... that's my 2 cents.
> 
> There is this great book you should all check out called The Outlaws
> Handbook (or is it The Outlaws Bible?) - anyway it is a good source book
> for
> understand "the system" and gives examples for dealing with tickets, car
> searches and stuff like that.  I was trying to find an ISBN but cant now.
> I
> think I bought my copy via Fantagraphics: www.fantagraphics.com
> 
> G'day List,
> 
>    - Will @ The GMS
> 
>