Boy Racers
From:
Peter Tuffley
Date:
May 22 04:46 UTC
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Nicky Wagner wrote:
> young people often feel victimized by the public and the police.
As was said in Parliament in another context recently: Diddums.
For another perspective, see
FWIW, I support Marks suggestion that the term "boy racers" should be
ditched.
I quite like his suggested alternative of "road rats";but perhaps the
Press
might consider inviting readers' suggestions for an alternative
with some kind
of prize for the suggestion most expressive of loathing and
opprobrium, and a
commitment to use the phrase instead of the present ridiculo9us epithet.
As for what should be done to/with the little rats and their
vehicles, I'd be
for turning them (the vehicles at any rate) to scrap before the eyes of
the aforesaid rodent. (If they complain that life will be unbearable
without their
wheels, they can always be invited to sit at the wheel and go through
the crusher too...
;-)
W Shaw wrote:
> Having seen police cars leaving this area with shattered
> windscreens, having seen these boyracers in mobs
> throwing stones and bottles at passing cars, having picked up the
> appalling rubbish after their burnouts, having
> had our property tagged, vandalised and watched our neighbours
> cowering in fear when squadrons of boy racers
> descend upon our area, i'm sorry, i have NO sympathy at all. Sorry.
No need to say sorry, IMHO. If the police can't cope or aren't
allowed to deploy the means by which they could
cope, albeit. with rather drastic results then perhaps it's time
for the NZ army to be called in to "aid the civil power";
its Light Armoured Vehicles carry equipment that could dispose of
road rats in very short order. Perhaps unfortunately,
pigs are more likely to fly...
.