The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Just One More on June 21, 2011, 06:28:48 AM
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Owen Wightman (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-13840025)
I feel a bit of a heartlees bastard posting this, but I need to get the anger out of my system, I've seen to much of it
A piece of low life scum killed this little six year old lad at the weekend, he then stopped the car, checked it for damage, then drove off.
Although this is a horrible event, when I was watching the detective being interviewed on TV yesterday, and watching reports from the scene this morning I couldn't help but notice just how busy that road is. The lad was six years old, his friend who was crossing the road with him was seven years old, both far too young to be crossing that road in my opinion.
The times I've seen little kids crossing busy roads, riding bikes on them, running 50yd's in front of their parents, and each time I shake my head and mutter "no way my kids would have been allowed alone on a road like that"
The parents must be going through a hell I cannot even begin to imagine, but at some point they will ask themselves should he have been there?
As for the low life scum, I cannot think of a legal punishment that befits the crime
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Agree 100%
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Owen Wightman (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-13840025)
I feel a bit of a heartlees bastard posting this, but I need to get the anger out of my system, I've seen to much of it
A piece of low life scum killed this little six year old lad at the weekend, he then stopped the car, checked it for damage, then drove off.
Although this is a horrible event, when I was watching the detective being interviewed on TV yesterday, and watching reports from the scene this morning I couldn't help but notice just how busy that road is. The lad was six years old, his friend who was crossing the road with him was seven years old, both far too young to be crossing that road in my opinion.
The times I've seen little kids crossing busy roads, riding bikes on them, running 50yd's in front of their parents, and each time I shake my head and mutter "no way my kids would have been allowed alone on a road like that"
The parents must be going through a hell I cannot even begin to imagine, but at some point they will ask themselves should he have been there?
As for the low life scum, I cannot think of a legal punishment that befits the crime
happ096
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My cousin was knocked down and killed when I was 11. His mother had sent him to corner shop (which meant crossing a main road) for some potatoes. He was 11 too.
Much less traffic back in 1958 compared with today but I still am very wary about letting my kids cross roads and I hate it when SWWLTBO sends them to the post box. I see them across the road, then stand by the gate and watch them the whole way there and back. They hate it!
Herself tells me they have to be allowed to grow up but ............
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I totally agree with the OP.
Snoops personal experience is quite naturally colouring your view but in this matter SWWLTBO is probably right. Tricky one for you to handle though. happy100
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Quite right. I never let Adam out of my sight until he was about 10, and even then only when I knew exactly where he was and who he was with