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| Fesarius | Nov 29 2004, 07:04 PM Post #31 |
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Admiral, Because it's your birthday, I'll go easy on you. Your post above indicates that you lack compassion, are a bigot, love dirty air, hate animals, want all of the forests to burn down, and have a general disdain for charities.
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| Hoss | Nov 29 2004, 07:07 PM Post #32 |
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Don't make me use my bare hands on you.
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I am just getting into this and haven't read every post, but did anyone ever figure out what 'hooning' means. I am assuming that it is a verb? |
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| Minuet | Nov 29 2004, 07:47 PM Post #33 |
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One thing I really like about the graduated licencing system in Ontario is that it applies to everyone - not just young drivers. A 40 year old getting thier license for the first time is treated exactly the same as a 16 year old. |
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| Fesarius | Nov 29 2004, 08:34 PM Post #34 |
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^^^ That's a perfect example of 'hooning.'
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| somerled | Nov 29 2004, 09:55 PM Post #35 |
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These kids don't have indelible tatoos on their foreheads that say I am car mad, I am a hoon so a wide net must be caste in order to be sure the idoits and crazys are caught up and taken out of the system. Sure some good kids will loose the privilege of being able to drive or own cars , but they will adjust. I comply to road rules, and have a very good driving record - I have a maximum and now life long protected non-claim bonus as a reward and have a Gold Drivers' licence (which lasts 5 years between renewels) - I earnt these. So I have earnt the privilage of no restrictions (driving and vehicle type). The street is not the place to hoon, just their preferred place as it's close to the pubs , clubs and easy to get to. |
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| somerled | Nov 29 2004, 10:50 PM Post #36 |
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Perhaps " Too Fast - Too Furious" might explain it to you - note - I haven't seen that movie - not my thing I'm affraid. |
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| somerled | Nov 29 2004, 10:59 PM Post #37 |
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It is all too easy for these kids to go and get finance (ie borrow often 100% the price of the car) or borrow or get credit cards to finance their expensive motorised wet dreams. Most of these kids are heavily in debt in order to have the cars and modifications involved. The car dealers don't care about the ability of a driver to safely operate the vehicles that they are selling, and they are aways keen to arrange the financing - so they get a commission from the finance company too. One the car drives off their lot it's no longer their problem. And the finance companies don't care about the ability of the buying to pay, so long as the car is fully insured. And not all the cars being driven by hoons are brand new or current models - older cars with big engines are popular (and cheaply had secondhand). As to thievery - some are - thieves. |
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| Dandandat | Nov 30 2004, 08:48 AM Post #38 |
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These Muslims don't have indelible tatoos on their foreheads that say I am kill mad, I am a terrorist so a wide net must be caste in order to be sure the evil and crazys are caught up and taken out of the system. Sure some good Muslims will loose the privilege of being able to live freely, but they will adjust. Good for you, what does this have to do with anything? Even the beast drivers have made mistakes and have hurt people. If some vehicles are more dungarees then others then they should be taken off the street regardless of who is effected. Again you would not execpt this kind of treatment, yet you impose it on otheres. Agreed, but what’s the point of this statement. Not all young people aged 16 to 21 use their cars for hooning. Some use it to go to work, school, and take their sick mothers to the hospital. |
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| doctortobe | Nov 30 2004, 08:53 AM Post #39 |
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Speak softly, and carry a 57 megaton stick!
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In all fairness Dan, "hooners" don't have the capability of killing thousands, if not hundreds of thousands at a time. There is a point where widespread action is justified. If one of these individuals were to wipe out and go through a playground of children, the cause for the actions that somerland is suggesting might be more palatable. |
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| Dandandat | Nov 30 2004, 08:58 AM Post #40 |
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Sounds like you have a problem of to easy credit, uncaring car dealers, and thievery (not to mention bad parenting) in your country (and/or your area of your country) that you may want to fix before you start punishing innocent kids for things they did not do to make your life easier. Here in the united states it is every hard for some one with no credit history (those young people 16 to 21) to get a car loan, I tell you from experience I was not able to get a car loan on my own until I was 25 despite the fact that I had a good credit (good but young/small history) and had proof of a job that paid me more then enough to cover it. Banks are just not interested in taking the risk that a youth will default on the loan with out some one with good credit cosigning for it as well. |
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| Dandandat | Nov 30 2004, 09:04 AM Post #41 |
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I do not agree, the minuet you begin to curtail the rights of some no matter how small or big the infraction may be is the minuet you make it easier to take the next step down that road. If a kid wipes out and smashes into a group of children, it is that kids fault and that kid (and in my opinion his parents) should be healed accountable for the criminal action. The kid doing as he should, driving nicely and by the law down the other side of the road, should not be punched for something he did not do. |
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| doctortobe | Nov 30 2004, 09:34 AM Post #42 |
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Speak softly, and carry a 57 megaton stick!
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I didn't see us taking the next step with the Japanese. |
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Nov 30 2004, 09:54 AM Post #43 |
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Ahhhhhhh, sniff that dirty air!! Smells like burning forest and spotted owls!! :lol: |
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| Dandandat | Nov 30 2004, 09:55 AM Post #44 |
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I did not say it is inevitable I said it made it easier. Had the war went on longer had the war touched more of US soil who knows what we would have done. Sorry Doc I under stand your point that is not the problem, you will never convince me that curtailing other peoples rights for your own benefit is an expectable thing to do no matter the circumstance, no matter the cost. |
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| doctortobe | Nov 30 2004, 06:43 PM Post #45 |
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Speak softly, and carry a 57 megaton stick!
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For the good of merely myself no. But for the good of the greater society, yes indeed. Periods of war have always shown a greater amount of scrutiny put onto those associated with the enemy. The Civil War, WWI, and WWII all show this trait. |
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