by Simon 6 Replies latest jw friends
So much fuss over one tree ... in a country that will dig up hundreds to build a new bypass:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3509191.stm
(Clarkson is great ... totally anti-politically-correct)
And why, why, why ... are people so dumb as to claim the have bombs in their bags !!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3510553.stm
(shaking head, wondering if we reached an evolutionary peak and are now rapidly going downhill)
The Clarkson stunt was fabulous, it's true - whenever you see terrorists they are always in a flatbed Toyota
Maybe sylvia brown could go and administer comfort to the tree
SS
I dunno, I'd be pretty ticked if the tree was on my property!
Lesson to "Top Gear"...next time, drive into your own damned tree!
(I do think it was a bit sh*tty to go off somewhere and do damage to someone's property without asking or admitting you did the damage, plus I kinda feel sorry for the poor 'kids' who everyone assumed were the vandals)
edited because I forgot to say:
wondering if we reached an evolutionary peak
[whacks Simon with a biology text] evolution doesn't have 'peaks', it's non directional, it just means 'change'
Asleif, doing her civic duty for science education
too funny, why do people insist on saying things about bombs or that could be understood as having bombs when they are at airports.
You think that person was spinny! How about a local girl who "forgot"? $2,000 fine for woman with 'pipe bomb' in her luggage
| Duncan Thorne | |
| The Edmonton Journal |
LEDUC - A woman who forgot she had a "bear banger" and firecrackers in her carry-on luggage was fined $2,000 Thursday, the first such case in Canada since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The bear banger, which explodes to scare bears, was in a pipe that was capped at each end, federal prosecutor Scott Niblock said. It therefore fit the definition of a pipe bomb. While not as powerful as some homemade pipe bombs, it could have caused serious damage inside an airplane if it had gone off accidentally, Niblock told provincial court Judge Marilyn White.
Niblock said Jocelyn Anne Riley of Surrey, B.C., forgot she had the bear banger and firecrackers in her backpack when she tried boarding a Vancouver-bound WestJet flight Dec. 6 at Edmonton International Airport. There was a "lack of malicious intent," he said.
"The RCMP found no reason to suspect Ms. Riley was in any way implicated as a terrorist agent. She provided a statement indicating that her carrying of these was a result of forgetfulness, if you will."
Riley, 22, who was not present in court, pleaded guilty through her lawyer Alex Pringle to a regulatory offence of unlawfully handling an explosive device by air, under the Dangerous Goods Act. The Crown stayed nine other charges including one under the Criminal Code.
Pringle said the bear banger and firecrackers were left over from Halloween.
Some of Riley's friends had been exploding bear bangers, enclosed in pipes and thrown in the air, but one was left over, he said. She put it in her backpack with some firecrackers, also left over from Halloween, and forgot about them.
"She's a young woman," Pringle said. "She's not very mature."
Riley cannot ordinarily afford to fly, and had come to Edmonton in a friend's car on impulse to see a boyfriend, he said. She planned to return by bus but a member of her family unexpectedly bought her a plane ticket.
He said Riley, who is single, has only a Grade 12 education and has had a succession of low-wage jobs. She has no criminal record and does not associate with criminals.
"She simply made a very bad error in judgment," he said.
"She's learned a very significant lesson. She's going to be very careful in future."
Judge White accepted that Riley had no criminal intent, co-operated with police and readily accepted fault.
Still, White agreed with the defence and Crown that a $2,000 fine -- $3,000 below the maximum for the offence -- is appropriate as a deterrent. White said the public is concerned about the possibility of tragedy on airplanes "after the tragic events that have been occurring" internationally.
She gave Riley until May 31 to pay.
"BBC News" Of all the things to be worried about today they're worried about a TREE! I'll sleep good tonight knowing people like these are on the watch! LOL
"...claiming he had a bomb in his luggage." The man probably thought he was being 'smart' when really, he was just STUPID!
