I'm really not sure how you don't see that Vengeance and Retribution are synonyms. Even Merriam Webster thinks so.
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I don't care what anyone says, some British food is fucking good.
I'm really not sure how you don't see that Vengeance and Retribution are synonyms. Even Merriam Webster thinks so.
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I don't care what anyone says, some British food is fucking good.
No, its your fault for reading "jockeying with another car at high speeds" as "not racing". It might not have been racing in the purest sense. It could have been playing chicken, or some other form of reckless car game. Regardless, I used the term racing loosely to denote high speed reckless driving in tandem with another vehicle.
http://www.speedingfinesuk.co.uk/spe...guidelines.htm
"What are the Court sentencing guidelines / fine levels?
The punishments imposed by the Courts are set by the sentencing guidelines based on the severity of the offence, the Defendant's past record, mitigation and any other circumstances that the Court feels should be taken into account. Whilst the Court receives suggested guidelines for each offence, the final outcome is entirely at the Court's discretion.
Punishments can range from 3 points and £60 fine to disqualification and a fine of £2,500."
http://www.speedingfinesuk.co.uk/spe..._penalties.htm
"I accept the allegation in full but can I avoid a speeding fine?
Yes. For very minor breaches, you may be given the option to attend a speed awareness course. You cannot demand this entitlement. It is at the discretion of the Police but if it is offered, attendance will prevent penalty points, although you will have to pay for the course itself."
if you want to call the speed awareness course option rehabilitation its completely an option to avoid other penalties. these classes consist of a class of people watching videos and/or being lectured by some person w/ no counseling experience. there may be a quiz at the end but you are paying them to go through this class they aren't going to fail you. you basically get nothing from these classes except you don't get the points on your license and apparently in the uk you can avoid the fine too.
there is a chance he actually went to one of these classes and my assumption is wrong. but either way it would have been voluntary and not forced rehabilitation. and its rehabilitation w/ the intent to service as many people at once as possible and not the intent of rehabilitation to help them learn their mistakes.
Last edited by syn1k; 2013-02-28 at 10:08 PM. Reason: grammar
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
What do you mean "it wasn't done purposefully" ?? No body forced those drivers to get drunk and drive their cars... they chose to get drunk and drive, knowing they weren't capable of making such decisions...
It would be different if they hadn't been drunk, accidents happen some times... but these were not accidents.
So yeah, drunk drivers killing people, deserve waaaaaay much more than eight months in prision.-
So your guess as to what happened is better than the conclusion reached by the police investigation and the statements of eye witnesses?
The other driver was cleared of doing anything wrong, in fact the other car isn't even mentioned at the site of the accident - read the report again, the jockeying happened on a different road.
A thesaurus is not meant to establish absolute similarities; it is meant to list analogies, which are far more abstract. As I said, they overlap in many ways, and are connected enough that they are similar. Therefore, a thesaurus is going to reference one to the other.
But, as you have logically accepted that the thesaurus is a valid reference in this matter, I shall reciprocate with the same source.
http://thesaurus.com/browse/justice#visualthesaurus
"Notes: revenge is personal and justice is societal"
Under the main entry for "Justice."
Does raise a question tho.
Instead of pleading guilty to manslaughter to get a lower sentence, would it be better to plead driving drunk.
Unless arrested and tested "fast" after the accident, proving he wasn't drunk would be difficult. Not like of nobody saw him drunk and hour before means everything, how long does it take to drink a few beers..
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I trust what is written by the BCC more than what is reported by entertainment tabloids.
BBC - Moments before the crash, the defendant had been "jockeying" and "playing games" with a friend in a Volkswagen Golf along a nearby dual carriageway, the jury was told.