tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post5099595000706065916..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Racing in the Street [update 3]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-70475012072069912032010-03-07T08:21:30.803+13:002010-03-07T08:21:30.803+13:00If you are stupid enough to lend /give your vehicl...If you are stupid enough to lend /give your vehicle to these ne'erdowell halfwits who street race and potentially kill people as what happened to one of my mates when he was run down and killed by a boy racer then you deserve getting your car crushed, you are as guilty of the crime as they are. The law is there to let everyone enjoy their lives not have it ruined by a few selfish stupid idiots. It is only because these half wits are doing this that the law has to be toughened and about time too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-43492214706490769522009-05-28T16:23:48.842+12:002009-05-28T16:23:48.842+12:00These new laws are corrupt. Forget "boy racers" (...These new laws are corrupt. Forget "boy racers" (whoever they are meant to be). These laws will eventually be employed against the regular citizenry, exactly those they are aimed at. Do any of you trust the enforcers to do otherwise?<br /><br />Slowly some people will begin to understand. When they do they'll complain but by then the "getting tough" PR will have done the trick. The public lusts to see the show. A crushing, like an execution, plays well. Politicians and commissars and suchlike vermin well know that. They rely on the fame their acts of power and authority attract. What do you all expect from National Socialists in government?<br /><br />LGMLGMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-55095799451809254592009-05-27T16:22:21.236+12:002009-05-27T16:22:21.236+12:00Whoa, NRT's Idiot/Savant said something I wholehea...Whoa, NRT's Idiot/Savant said something I wholeheartedly agree with - who would have thought!Luke Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929408708481681826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-26051191869359040622009-05-27T15:57:23.470+12:002009-05-27T15:57:23.470+12:00Prahandra, you may at any time come and block my d...Prahandra, you may at any time come and block my driveway.<br /><I>And I will apply the remedy without recourse to laws or the powers of the State.</I>Because if you did that you wouldn't be 'using the roads peacefully'--and the remedy would be correspondingly brutal.<br /><br />Yours is an idiot argument, partly because nobody here is claiming boy racers are using the roads peacefully--what I'm saying is the remedy is draconian and unnecessary.<br />And I'd also point out that all kinds of petty bureaucrats have a say in how and when you use the roads you so fondly imagine you own. You may pay for them but you sure as hell don't own them.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-70011688416762173222009-05-27T14:22:47.659+12:002009-05-27T14:22:47.659+12:00... we have to pay the little toerags otherwise th...... we have to pay the little toerags otherwise they might <I>get a job and learn to be productive members of society</I>And then they wouldn't vote for Labour. Hmm.Crikeyhttp://google.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-39378302913349433812009-05-27T13:30:06.296+12:002009-05-27T13:30:06.296+12:00I agree with Denis & Mark Hubbard. It is my ri...I agree with Denis & Mark Hubbard. It is my rights to use the roads peacefully whereas the others don't violate my rights. Remember that the roads are owned by NZ taxpayers and there shouldn't be anyone monopolising those. I have a right to use the roads without violating the rights of other road users whom themselves are also rightful owners.<br /><br />If anyone disagrees with what I said above, just post your address here, so that I can drive up and park my vehicle right in front of your driveway so you cannot get out in your vehicle to the road and see if you like your right to use the roads being violated.Prahandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-46506599997702008522009-05-27T13:00:40.110+12:002009-05-27T13:00:40.110+12:00Well that's pretty cool, PC. Let's hope the idea s...Well that's pretty cool, PC. Let's hope the idea spreads. :-)KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-60406925165680009622009-05-27T12:52:10.401+12:002009-05-27T12:52:10.401+12:00KG: I noticed the Dargaville youngsters recently h...KG: I noticed the Dargaville youngsters recently held a Motorkhana on the edge of town with the full support of the locals -- it's an annual event, widely advertised around Northland.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-77836127292004326582009-05-27T12:32:28.040+12:002009-05-27T12:32:28.040+12:00The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the ...<I>The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.</I>TacitusQuoth the Ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-62003918203245103442009-05-27T11:54:13.013+12:002009-05-27T11:54:13.013+12:00Well, Mr. Dennis when I was a lad (back in the ste...Well, Mr. Dennis when I was a lad (back in the steam age) we simply borrowed a paddock from the local cocky and held 'motorkhanas', competitive events which allowed us to go nuts in relative safety.<br />Of course, these days the elf'nsafety nazis would have to have their fingers in that pie, thus vetoing it.<br />Another case of too many damn laws.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-72249930434084027202009-05-27T11:12:16.455+12:002009-05-27T11:12:16.455+12:00I grew up on a farm, and flew round in vehicles fr...I grew up on a farm, and flew round in vehicles from a young age. It's what kids love to do. I really feel sorry for townie kids who don't have a chance to go nuts with a car until they are old enough to get a licence, then they only have access to the roads and cause all sorts of problems. It is a difficult issue.Mr Dennishttp://sjdennis.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-3502913717291807432009-05-27T08:54:47.243+12:002009-05-27T08:54:47.243+12:00Mark, young men will always need (and find) an out...Mark, young men will always need (and find) an outlet for their energy and raging hormones.<br />There are plenty of laws already in place to control antisocial behaviour, what's needed is effective policing of those laws already on the books.<br /><I>Every</I> assault on our liberties is <I>always</I> presented as 'reasonable' and justified in light of the particular circumstances and the cumulative effect is to render us less free at an accelerating rate.<br />Boy racers on occasion give me the shits--there are times when I think it'd be a reasonable response to use them for skeet shooting practice.<br />And I'm bloody sure that adults felt the same way about me and my mates when we used to gather in our sports cars and hold impromptu drag races at the local shopping centre carpark after hours.<br />The difference is, if our races went on for too long or got too rowdy, the local coppers would turn up and thicken a few ears. Message received.<br />What we have now is layer upon layer of laws, few of which really work--except to stifle us all with so many laws, it's no longer possible to be sure we're not breaking some law or some regulation no matter how inoffensive to others our lives are.<br />How about some laws demanding transparency from politicians and bureaucrats? Or perhaps some laws protecting personal property from State thugs? Or perhaps some effing laws allowing us to protect ourselves?<br />You want laws? let's start with some laws which will set us free.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-77595796667803202552009-05-27T08:30:48.451+12:002009-05-27T08:30:48.451+12:00And KG:
Stop youngsters from letting off steam in...And KG:<br /><br /><I>Stop youngsters from letting off steam in one direction and the frustration will simply pop out somewhere else.</I>That's the blackmail argument that is used for the existence of the welfare state: we have to pay the little toerags otherwise they might murder us as we sleep.<br /><br />I'll never buy into that argument.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707604974739887751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-51058867710425324412009-05-27T08:26:59.936+12:002009-05-27T08:26:59.936+12:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707604974739887751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-55272340705608523562009-05-27T08:25:31.126+12:002009-05-27T08:25:31.126+12:00Mmm. Well I consider myself a Libertarian, and as ...Mmm. Well I consider myself a Libertarian, and as such, coming from Christchurch, have to say that if I was owner of one of the CBD motels they are putting out of business because patrons can't sleep at night due to the behaviour and noise of these ignorant little thugs, or a householder in the suburbs not able to sleep at night for the same reason, and having my property damaged by them, then I consider they have initiated force on me, that they have no respect for my property rights, and thus the use of force against them is a justifiable function of the state (small s).<br /><br />How am I wrong?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707604974739887751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-38078798937616185802009-05-27T08:04:35.880+12:002009-05-27T08:04:35.880+12:00Another victory for the little grey apparatchiks, ...Another victory for the little grey apparatchiks, the humourless bastards who want to regulate every aspect of our lives.<br />Stop youngsters from letting off steam in one direction and the frustration will simply pop out somewhere else.What the hell is it with people whose only answer to every perceived problem is to ban/confiscate/proscribe?KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-2855262488035665392009-05-27T06:57:48.098+12:002009-05-27T06:57:48.098+12:00I am not fully informed on this, but I think I hea...I am not fully informed on this, but I think I heard that undesirable activities include driving in such a way as to draw attention to yourself or your car or such, with needless 'laps' of the street or an overloud exhaust or car stereo.<br /><br />Time to shift that MG, Peter.Shane Pleasancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144367923437327037noreply@blogger.com