RE: I'm with Khan

[Matt Zajac <mzaj99@yahoo.com>]

Forget it, it has to burn out on its own.

Matt Z. '98 Tred GLX

--- "Chadwick, John/COR/INV" <jchadwic@ch2m.com>
wrote:
> 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
> > 
> > 
> 


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