Re: Traffic cops 26/10/2005


"Cynic" <cynic_999@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 30 Oct 2005 16:12:04 GMT, "joe" <joeparkinchinese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>> Mind you, I don't for one second think you really believe it. If it
>>> were YOUR kids, you'd think up every excuse in the book, wouldn't you?
>
>>I believe every last word.
>>It wasn't my child, because my child has been brought up to know the
>>difference between right and wrong.
>
> That is no guarantee that she will not break the law sometime.
> Children who are perfectly normal and who have been raised well can
> occasionally do some very silly things due to circumstances. Mixing
> with a group of friends - some of who may not have been raised as well
> as your daughter, and being a bit "naughty" by experimenting with
> alcohol. Then, in a drunken state, just going along with some
> outrageous act that someone else carries out.
>
> I am sure that you were raised adequately. But I expect you can think
> of a few antics you got up to that you knew perfectly well were wrong.
> fortunately, in most cases it doesn't escalate into something
> seriously criminal.

Note from today's paper that two of the yobs in the car had previous
criminal convictions - one having done a jail sentence for robbery!

Kev


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