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| message from Rob on 13 May 2004 |
I have received the following serious information via a contact at the
London Ambulance Service which has units closely associated with South
London police squads which are involved in fighting Gang Crimes.
Some 'street gangs' in London (particularly South London at present,
but it is sure to spread) have initiation tasks which new gang members
have to carry out to be admitted to the 'gang'. The latest craze is to
drive around, deliberately with no lights on their cars. The first
person who 'flashes' them, points at them or sounds their horn at
them, has to be followed by that new gang member in their car, who
then has to fire a shot into that vehicle! with no regard as to who is
inside.
The LAS official instruction is that if they see a vehicle with no
lights on, they are NOT to 'flash' it etc. and the advice to friends
and family is that you should ignore any vehicles you see without
lights.
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| Baldrick replied to WebMonkey on 13 May 2004 |
This has been going on for years in the U.S sad its made its way over here now
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| Roland Burr replied to Baldrick on 13 May 2004 |
What's been going on for years is this Urban Myth - utter tosh (though I met
a bloke in the pub the other day whose brother knew someone it had happened
to). Spreads FUD and does nobody any good...
RFB
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| Jock replied to Baldrick on 13 May 2004 |
That figures.
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| F1LBY replied to Baldrick on 13 May 2004 |
of course, and they do this while dressed up as Tellytubbies humming the
theme tune to 'The Magic Roundabout'.
twit...
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| Dave D replied to Baldrick on 13 May 2004 |
Really? I doubt it.
It's like the Urban Myth that horrified everyone a few years back- that
gangs were abducting people on the street, surgically removing a kidney to
sell on the black market, and leaving the victim alive but traumatised on a
street corner.
The fact that these stories are utter bollocks without a single
substantiated piece of evidence in their favour seems unimportant to the
simple-minded gullible people who gleefully circulate this tosh.
Here's another one everyone seemed to accept without question-
"The average person swallows 8 spiders a year while asleep".
No they don't, it was total invention by a writer who wanted to show how
gullible some people are, and it paid off because this story circulated the
world via email and many people accepted it.
Dave
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| Michael Mcneil replied to Dave D on 14 May 2004 |
"Dave D" <someone@.dave-d.com> wrote in message
news:40a39a84$0$25320$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com
What was the name of the bloke who invented the they that used to
believe the world was flat? The denouement took a Monte Python serial
myth killer to alert me. He blamed another Yank I think.
I might have guessed where this thread came from by the way.
MESSAGE TO ALL:
Check your cross posts. Be careful out here.
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| Bob replied to Dave D on 13 May 2004 |
I lived in LA for 5 years, and there were occasional news stories relating
to cars being shot at after flashing their headlights at someone. It's the
kind of mindless idocy that I would expect from LA gang members.
Bob
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| WebMonkey replied to Bob on 13 May 2004 |
Yeah whatever Bob. You fail to mention that LA gang members would probably
shoot a driver if he even stared at you through the window.
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| Dave D replied to Bob on 13 May 2004 |
Sure, there's some gratuitious violence carried out all over the world by
gangs. The original post is still untrue though.
Dave
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| Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip replied to Rob on 13 May 2004 |
I can't help but flash at passing vehicles. I often get arrested, however.
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| Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip replied to Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip on 14 May 2004 |
Too much masturbation.
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| Tmax replied to Rob on 13 May 2004 |
These gang members - are they black?.......
However, I have a + 2 tonne vehicle - and would not hesitate to ram anyone
who was trying to take pot shots at me. Hopefully they would crash and burn
to death, but if they just received serious spinal injuries, that would be a
plus.
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| Walt Davidson replied to Tmax on 14 May 2004 |
Do bears **** in the woods?
73 de G3NYY
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| {Wim Jay} replied to Walt Davidson on 14 May 2004 |
"Walt Davidson" <g3nyy@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:e2o8a0lm95mfsbm25hn7q8ea0dtu2gqj5j@4ax.com
Black bears?
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| Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip replied to {Wim Jay} on 14 May 2004 |
Named Bubba?
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| Gary Feckhead replied to Rob on 18 May 2004 |
I usually do, during the day.
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| Richard Savage replied to Gary Feckhead on 19 May 2004 |
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I have queried this 'story' with a friend who works for LAS and liaises
with DARE. It is not true.
Richard
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| JAF replied to Richard Savage on 20 May 2004 |
Turn your html off, Richard.
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