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panzerfaust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 06:58 PM
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Hand of God?
It is reported that a woman in the UK, Kiera Coultas, who struck and killed a bicyclist (who was not wearing a required helmet and who had run a red light) whilst speeding and replying to a message on her mobile phone was sentenced to four years in prison and loss of license for 5 years.
(From: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jail-for-speeding-driver-who-killed-cyclist-while-texting-789615.html)

On the other hand, another inattentive driver, this in the state of Washington, Ephraim Schwartz, who had previously hit, but not killed, a bicyclist (while he, Schwartz, was driving on the wrong side of the road - a finding later removed from his driver's record), who subsequently, while talking on his cellphone, struck and killed a person in a cross-walk got a two-year license suspension, an order to pay his victim's funeral and medical costs, and must perform 500 hours of community service.
(From: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004250200_sentencing29m.html)

Two countries, Two decisions? Or, since Schwartz is a rabbi, is this evidence of the hand of God?

Why am I posting this?

Because I believe that in the New Order of the New America, that the priestly class, in addition to escaping just taxation, is now being seen as beyond the law: After all, they work for God.

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ruiner4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 07:00 PM
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1. im not touching this one...
:popcorn:
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k8conant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 07:09 PM
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2. Clergy pay taxes in the US...
but you're even talking two different countries here.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 07:26 PM
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3. Can't tell if
you are being sardonic or what.............. :shrug:
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 07:34 PM
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4. .........
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 07:37 PM
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5. you can't really compare two different countries in regard to how they treat traffic fatalities.
nt
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 07:39 PM
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6. So whaddya think...
should they round up all the rabbis and put them in a 'work camp'? :sarcasm:

I would request that this thread be locked as flamebait. I should know...I've had a few locked for a whole lot less than this in the past.
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politicaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 07:48 PM
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7. Rabbis driving on the wrong side of the road is a good thing...
Edited on Fri Feb-29-08 07:48 PM by politicaholic
this is a pretty sleepy section of the country, it keeps us on our toes. What! Just because you're innocently standing on the sidewalk at a bus stop you think you're safe? No! It's not the biking that keeps us some of the healthiest people in the country, biking obviously causes death, it's the commando-jumping out of the way of on-coming Buick LeSabres driven by Rabbis.
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