… retirement age. He almost made it. The NGrid worker was in the prime of their life. We don’t know how seriously the other 2 workers were injured but at least one sounds in bad shape.
Think twice before you make that illegal and unsafe Uturn.
…. after making an unsafe UTurn.
Under the influence perhaps and another bad choice to go hit and run then turn himself in after the drugs or alcohol wore off?
Being reformed would mean we'd be forever protected from him...and him from his old self.
If you think the goal is to protect us from him, then that would seem to be the better solution for everyone involved, no? It's a shame we don't incarcerate to reform the way modern democracies do.
He was driving without a license. Perhaps someone along the line could have stopped him - but unless there's a system to monitor used car sales and make sure people have licenses, then it seems like someone's always going to find a way around the rules. We can't even prevent crazy people from buying guns, let alone cars.
Moderation is a platform operator saying “we don’t do that here”. Discretion is you saying “I won’t do that there”. Censorship is someone saying “you can’t do that anywhere” before or after threats of either violence or government intervention.
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Waltham Tragedy
By plt3012
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 7:29am
Two guys go out the door to go to work one day and do not return to their loved ones. God Rest Their Souls.
The officer was near to …
By Lee
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 8:45am
… retirement age. He almost made it. The NGrid worker was in the prime of their life. We don’t know how seriously the other 2 workers were injured but at least one sounds in bad shape.
Think twice before you make that illegal and unsafe Uturn.
What would cause someone to do this?
By Tim Mc.
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 8:51am
Just awful.
Looks like blind panic ….
By Lee
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 9:00am
…. after making an unsafe UTurn.
Under the influence perhaps and another bad choice to go hit and run then turn himself in after the drugs or alcohol wore off?
Just awful as you say.
https://www.reformer.com
By Rwgfy
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 9:11am
https://www.reformer.com/local-news/local-man-gets...
Repeat offender
By downtown-anon
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 9:17am
Seems like he was not reformed.
Not reformed but…
By Bob Leponge
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 9:25am
He was not reformed, but for a while we were protected from him.
Being reformed
By Kaz
Fri, 12/08/2023 - 12:25pm
Being reformed would mean we'd be forever protected from him...and him from his old self.
If you think the goal is to protect us from him, then that would seem to be the better solution for everyone involved, no? It's a shame we don't incarcerate to reform the way modern democracies do.
OMG
By briannefitz@gma...
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 9:28am
This is so very sad and apparently could have been prevented.
Could, and couldn't
By sartreswaiter
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 12:56pm
He was driving without a license. Perhaps someone along the line could have stopped him - but unless there's a system to monitor used car sales and make sure people have licenses, then it seems like someone's always going to find a way around the rules. We can't even prevent crazy people from buying guns, let alone cars.
You can't drive if you are in jail
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 12/08/2023 - 9:59am
Too bad a history of random behavior with lethal weapons of a certain type won't keep you there.
I've exercised my moderator's privilege
By adamg
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 12:46pm
And deleted a sub-discussion that had nothing to do with the actual event but had everything to do with people declaring war on each other.
Not all censorship is bad.
By Rwgfy
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 12:48pm
Not all censorship is bad.
Moderation is not the same as censorship
By brianjdamico
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 1:33pm
I like this summary from TechDirt:
https://www.techdirt.com/2020/05/28/moderation-v-d...
Needed to be done.
By Lee
Fri, 12/08/2023 - 12:42pm
Thanks.
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