I had a good laugh at Ray Criscoe's column this morning, his wanting to blame the cops because he got a ticket for not wearing a seat belt, and wanting to exerpt that it is his right to not wear one.
That is a really good article and attitude to put on display for the citizens to emulate. We have the right to pick and choose which laws to obey, what the cops have to do to enforce the laws is far worse than what the law breakers did, the cops should have caught someone else because I'm not the only lawbreaker out here, bad things happen to other folks, and maybe the cops should be out catching the real crooks.
Well, the cops can't catch everyone so they started with you. Yes, you can have an accident on Dixie Drive even if you haven't had one in thirty-seven years, the cops were using thier blue lights--people should have more respect for the cops and just get out of the way like they are supposed too, and as a feature writer and leading citizen, you should be setting an example, not critizing others for doing their job.
i lost a friend when a minor fender bender at less than twnty miles an hour near her home caused her head to strick the rear view mirror on the temple. she died 8 hours later after attending school that day appartntly feeling fine the whole day. it's too bad they didn't have seat belts back then.
No, I'm not sorry the cops gave you a ticket and i hope you get caught every time you drive without one. it's your duty to obey the law and if the law if wrong then petition to have it changed. Until then grow up, be responsible, and place the blame squarly on the shoulders of whom the blame lies. A policeman's job is hard enough without being critized for doing their job by everyone who gets a ticket.
I believe everyone reading this blog (I'm talking to both of you) should cut out and mail to Ray Criscoe every article in which someone is killed or injured in an accidnet in which the article states "he wasn't wearing his seat belts." maybe one day Ray Criscoe will thank the policeman who gave him a ticket. Until then, I hope he starts acting more like a responsible citizen and exercise more care about the attitudes and opinions he shares with the easily influenced through his views in the paper.
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Dale, Ray is only demonstrating the way "the right people" in Asheboro think.
The rules don't apply to him. Just like they don't apply to Bob Morrison or Steven Eblin (it was their God-given right to lie under Oath and defraud me in Court).
It sounds like your friend died from an epidural hematoma - the same thing that killed Natasha Richardson.
Maybe we all should adopt the Ray Criscoe attitude, feeling we are above the law, that we have the right to pick and choose which laws to obey, to blame others for our mistakes and to lash out at others for doing their job if it inconvieniences us.
Yea, I can hear the cop telling Mr. criscoe "I'm sorry to bother you at home but I've been following you for six hours. I'm not allowed to go over the posted spped limit or to change lanes to catch up to a law breaker. Oh, I;m sorry. I didn't know you disagreed with the seat belt law, In that case, please accept my apologigy for bothering you. "
"Oh yes, we did catch the man that killed his wife with that hand gun but we had to let him go. Why?
Because he said "What right does anyone have to tell me who or what I can shoot in my own home?" Yea, it's a shame but the supreme court agreed with you: we do have the right to pick and choose which laws we can obey.
Dale, we live in Randolph County.
In terms of being above the law, most of the "right people" are already there.
Good post.
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